Comparing Slovenia with selected smaller EU countries (Austria Ireland, Portugal and Greece) in t... more Comparing Slovenia with selected smaller EU countries (Austria Ireland, Portugal and Greece) in two dimensions (in percentage difference around 1995, and in time distance) showed that for this selection of indicators Slovenia could be considered to belong broadly to the group of the less developed EU countries. Slovenia was in 1995 in 13 cases behind and in 13 cases ahead of Ireland, Portugal and Greece. When behind, time lag of Slovenia never exceeded 10 years. For GDP per capita the effect of accession of Slovenia on cohesion would be insignificant, for other indicators the relative position is even more favourable.
The program committee is proud that the call for papers attracted more submissions to GOR05 than ... more The program committee is proud that the call for papers attracted more submissions to GOR05 than there were submissions to any other GOR conference before. It was a hard task for the program committee to select among the very many high quality submissions. The resulting conference program includes about 150 oral and poster presentations. As it was in the past years, the GOR consists of a balanced program that documents fundamental university research, innovative developments, and practical experience. Methodological, theoretical, and empirical analyses of the new media, their consequences for society, markets, organizations, and individuals, as well as analyses of the opportunities for the shaping of the new media are presented during the conference. An important aim is to further dialogue between researchers, users of internet research, internet theoreticians and internet practitioners, universities and companies, as well as customers and suppliers. The following topics receive special attention during the conference:
From among the many forms of interconnection between growth and distribution, this paper deals wi... more From among the many forms of interconnection between growth and distribution, this paper deals with the concept and measurement of the time-dimension of inequalities and the role which the rate of growth plays in determining the time-dimension of inequalities and thus the overall extent of inequality. In analysing this interconnection, the existing inequalities can be viewed from a new perspective which may also be helpful in diminishing the incidence of conflict between growth and distributional objectives.
Time distance is a new additional way to measure and assess the overall position among and within... more Time distance is a new additional way to measure and assess the overall position among and within countries. It is a new generic statistical measure with clear interpretability and provides a broader concept to look at data and to compare situations.
The present state-of-the-art of comparative analysis does not realise that, in addition to static... more The present state-of-the-art of comparative analysis does not realise that, in addition to static comparison, there exists in principle a theoretically equally universal measure of difference (distance) in time, i.e. a generic statistical measure S-time-distance showing the distance in time when a given level of the variable is attained by the two compared time series. Expressed in time units it is an excellent presentation tool easily understood by policy makers, managers, media and general public. In the empirical part the S-time-distances were estimated for 160 countries for GDP per capita in 2003 and for 190 countries for female life expectancy and for 192 countries for infant mortality in 2005 against the long-term series for Sweden as a benchmark. They showed an added dimension of the disparity in the world: one half of the countries were lagging Sweden by more than 70 years, 36 countries even for more than 160 years. For infant mortality the median value was 57 years and for ...
Improved governance needs not only statistical data and indicators but also widely understandable... more Improved governance needs not only statistical data and indicators but also widely understandable statistical measures that are used in the measurement, analysis, presentation and semantics of discussing these issues. A novel generic statistical measure S-time-distance is expressed in time units and is readily understood by policy makers, managers, media and general public, thus a useful presentation tool for policy analysis and debate. The benefits of the new S-time-distance view can be seen in comparisons, benchmarking, target setting and monitoring for various macro and micro levels. A new view of the information using levels of the variable as identifiers and time as the focus of comparison and numeraire could be applied also to the business and consumer tendency surveys indicators. This particular application will deal with the description of the current economic crisis with selected indicators from the Business Tendency Surveys and GDP for EU and selected countries. The GDP de...
In economics, politics, business and statistics time distance concept can provide new insights fr... more In economics, politics, business and statistics time distance concept can provide new insights from existing data. A novel statistical measure S-distance (expressed in time) is generalised to complement conventional static measures in time series comparisons, regressions, models, forecasting and monitoring. The examples focus on disparities in GDP per capita for EU regions and countries, and selected transition countries. The broader analysis in two dimensions leads to a comprehensive definition of convergence, new hypotheses and policy conclusions. For cohesion in the EU it is important also how fast and not only how much faster the less developed units grow.
A b s t r a c t The paper presents a case study of application of the time distance analysis to t... more A b s t r a c t The paper presents a case study of application of the time distance analysis to the evaluation of the development gaps between Slovenia and the EU15 average, selected EU and candidate countries for a set of 10 indicators. It main purpose is to demonstrate the presentation benefits of the time distance approach for policy discussions, on the one hand, and to confirm the theoretical proposition that the evaluation of the magnitude of development gaps across indicators and countries in time may be very different than the conclusion reached by commonly used static statistical measures, on the other. In the process of the enlargement of the European Union an important question is how similar or dissimilar candidate countries are with respect to EU countries. Many different statistical methods can be used in international comparisons to explore various perspectives of differences between the compared countries. Such comparisons have to take into account that development is...
Gender inequalities in life expectancy provide a broader picture by combining two sets of statist... more Gender inequalities in life expectancy provide a broader picture by combining two sets of statistical measures: the usual static gap at a given point in time and the innovative S-time-distance measure as the gap in time for a given level of the indicator. Firstly, this offers an innovative approach for looking at disparities over many units and over time. The new S-time-distance measure , expressed in time units, is easy to understand by everybody and offers a novel way to compare situations in economics, politics, business, and statistics. Secondly , while women expect to live longer than men for 99.5 percent of the world population, the empirical results show astonishing differences among countries in gender disparity in life expectancy around the globe . Firstly, gender disparities in life expectancy analysed in Gaptimer Report No. 2 ‘How much longer live women than men around the globe?’ uses the theoretical concept of time distance dimension of inequality. This provides two inn...
A b s t r a c t The position of the EU is compared with the USA and Japan for 10 selected economi... more A b s t r a c t The position of the EU is compared with the USA and Japan for 10 selected economic, social, R&D and information society indicators with the help of a novel methodology. The degree of disparities is measured in two dimensions: existing static measures are left unchanged, but complemented by proximity in time. The novel time distance concept and statistical measure can lead to very different theoretical, analytical and policy conclusions when the severity of the gaps is evaluated by percentage differences or by time distances. The latter show that the gap in R&D is the most alarming, as distinct from conventional analysis.
Paper first discusses some specifics regarding terminology and concepts of the first, second, dua... more Paper first discusses some specifics regarding terminology and concepts of the first, second, dual and third digital divide. Paper also extends the measurement of the digital divide phenomena above the simple comparison of percentage related to the information technology penetration across different countries and socio-demographic segments. Two examples of advanced methodological measurements are presented: a composed measure - the digital divide index (DIDIX) and the time distance methodology, which offers a significant improvement at both conceptual and application levels
Comparing Slovenia with selected smaller EU countries (Austria Ireland, Portugal and Greece) in t... more Comparing Slovenia with selected smaller EU countries (Austria Ireland, Portugal and Greece) in two dimensions (in percentage difference around 1995, and in time distance) showed that for this selection of indicators Slovenia could be considered to belong broadly to the group of the less developed EU countries. Slovenia was in 1995 in 13 cases behind and in 13 cases ahead of Ireland, Portugal and Greece. When behind, time lag of Slovenia never exceeded 10 years. For GDP per capita the effect of accession of Slovenia on cohesion would be insignificant, for other indicators the relative position is even more favourable.
The program committee is proud that the call for papers attracted more submissions to GOR05 than ... more The program committee is proud that the call for papers attracted more submissions to GOR05 than there were submissions to any other GOR conference before. It was a hard task for the program committee to select among the very many high quality submissions. The resulting conference program includes about 150 oral and poster presentations. As it was in the past years, the GOR consists of a balanced program that documents fundamental university research, innovative developments, and practical experience. Methodological, theoretical, and empirical analyses of the new media, their consequences for society, markets, organizations, and individuals, as well as analyses of the opportunities for the shaping of the new media are presented during the conference. An important aim is to further dialogue between researchers, users of internet research, internet theoreticians and internet practitioners, universities and companies, as well as customers and suppliers. The following topics receive special attention during the conference:
From among the many forms of interconnection between growth and distribution, this paper deals wi... more From among the many forms of interconnection between growth and distribution, this paper deals with the concept and measurement of the time-dimension of inequalities and the role which the rate of growth plays in determining the time-dimension of inequalities and thus the overall extent of inequality. In analysing this interconnection, the existing inequalities can be viewed from a new perspective which may also be helpful in diminishing the incidence of conflict between growth and distributional objectives.
Time distance is a new additional way to measure and assess the overall position among and within... more Time distance is a new additional way to measure and assess the overall position among and within countries. It is a new generic statistical measure with clear interpretability and provides a broader concept to look at data and to compare situations.
The present state-of-the-art of comparative analysis does not realise that, in addition to static... more The present state-of-the-art of comparative analysis does not realise that, in addition to static comparison, there exists in principle a theoretically equally universal measure of difference (distance) in time, i.e. a generic statistical measure S-time-distance showing the distance in time when a given level of the variable is attained by the two compared time series. Expressed in time units it is an excellent presentation tool easily understood by policy makers, managers, media and general public. In the empirical part the S-time-distances were estimated for 160 countries for GDP per capita in 2003 and for 190 countries for female life expectancy and for 192 countries for infant mortality in 2005 against the long-term series for Sweden as a benchmark. They showed an added dimension of the disparity in the world: one half of the countries were lagging Sweden by more than 70 years, 36 countries even for more than 160 years. For infant mortality the median value was 57 years and for ...
Improved governance needs not only statistical data and indicators but also widely understandable... more Improved governance needs not only statistical data and indicators but also widely understandable statistical measures that are used in the measurement, analysis, presentation and semantics of discussing these issues. A novel generic statistical measure S-time-distance is expressed in time units and is readily understood by policy makers, managers, media and general public, thus a useful presentation tool for policy analysis and debate. The benefits of the new S-time-distance view can be seen in comparisons, benchmarking, target setting and monitoring for various macro and micro levels. A new view of the information using levels of the variable as identifiers and time as the focus of comparison and numeraire could be applied also to the business and consumer tendency surveys indicators. This particular application will deal with the description of the current economic crisis with selected indicators from the Business Tendency Surveys and GDP for EU and selected countries. The GDP de...
In economics, politics, business and statistics time distance concept can provide new insights fr... more In economics, politics, business and statistics time distance concept can provide new insights from existing data. A novel statistical measure S-distance (expressed in time) is generalised to complement conventional static measures in time series comparisons, regressions, models, forecasting and monitoring. The examples focus on disparities in GDP per capita for EU regions and countries, and selected transition countries. The broader analysis in two dimensions leads to a comprehensive definition of convergence, new hypotheses and policy conclusions. For cohesion in the EU it is important also how fast and not only how much faster the less developed units grow.
A b s t r a c t The paper presents a case study of application of the time distance analysis to t... more A b s t r a c t The paper presents a case study of application of the time distance analysis to the evaluation of the development gaps between Slovenia and the EU15 average, selected EU and candidate countries for a set of 10 indicators. It main purpose is to demonstrate the presentation benefits of the time distance approach for policy discussions, on the one hand, and to confirm the theoretical proposition that the evaluation of the magnitude of development gaps across indicators and countries in time may be very different than the conclusion reached by commonly used static statistical measures, on the other. In the process of the enlargement of the European Union an important question is how similar or dissimilar candidate countries are with respect to EU countries. Many different statistical methods can be used in international comparisons to explore various perspectives of differences between the compared countries. Such comparisons have to take into account that development is...
Gender inequalities in life expectancy provide a broader picture by combining two sets of statist... more Gender inequalities in life expectancy provide a broader picture by combining two sets of statistical measures: the usual static gap at a given point in time and the innovative S-time-distance measure as the gap in time for a given level of the indicator. Firstly, this offers an innovative approach for looking at disparities over many units and over time. The new S-time-distance measure , expressed in time units, is easy to understand by everybody and offers a novel way to compare situations in economics, politics, business, and statistics. Secondly , while women expect to live longer than men for 99.5 percent of the world population, the empirical results show astonishing differences among countries in gender disparity in life expectancy around the globe . Firstly, gender disparities in life expectancy analysed in Gaptimer Report No. 2 ‘How much longer live women than men around the globe?’ uses the theoretical concept of time distance dimension of inequality. This provides two inn...
A b s t r a c t The position of the EU is compared with the USA and Japan for 10 selected economi... more A b s t r a c t The position of the EU is compared with the USA and Japan for 10 selected economic, social, R&D and information society indicators with the help of a novel methodology. The degree of disparities is measured in two dimensions: existing static measures are left unchanged, but complemented by proximity in time. The novel time distance concept and statistical measure can lead to very different theoretical, analytical and policy conclusions when the severity of the gaps is evaluated by percentage differences or by time distances. The latter show that the gap in R&D is the most alarming, as distinct from conventional analysis.
Paper first discusses some specifics regarding terminology and concepts of the first, second, dua... more Paper first discusses some specifics regarding terminology and concepts of the first, second, dual and third digital divide. Paper also extends the measurement of the digital divide phenomena above the simple comparison of percentage related to the information technology penetration across different countries and socio-demographic segments. Two examples of advanced methodological measurements are presented: a composed measure - the digital divide index (DIDIX) and the time distance methodology, which offers a significant improvement at both conceptual and application levels
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