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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space
Jiaming Mao
Xiamen University
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Measuring Economic Growth Using Night Lights Intensity
GDP is often badly measured in many developing countries.
I weak government statistical infrastructureI large underground economy
One solution: use change in night lights intensity as a proxy for GDPgrowth. Combine satellite night lights data with official GDP statisticsto improve estimates of true economic growth.
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World
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East Asia
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Korean Peninsula. Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Asian Financial Crisis: Java, Indonesia. Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Genocide Event: Rwanda. Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Asian Financial Crisis: Java, Indonesia. Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Genocide Event: Rwanda. Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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“WDI”: official real GDP growth rate data; “Fitted lights”: estimate based onnight lights data only; “Optimal combination of WDI and fitted lights”: estimate
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Source: Henderson et al. (2012)
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Reference
Henderson, J. V., A. Storeygard, and D. N. Weil. 2012. “MeasuringEconomic Growth from Outer Space,” American Economic Review,102(2).
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