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SIEDS
Review 
volume LXIII
n. 1-2 January - June 2009
available on line (this voulme is entirely
in English) |
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other
volumes downloadable for SIEDS
MEMBERS:
articles
are mainly in Italian, some are in English, French or Spanish
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SIEDS
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Italian Society of Economics Demography and Statistics |
| SIEDS
is a cultural and scientific institution aiming to the progress
of the economic, demographic and statistical studies and
to the establishment of active forms of co-operation among
professionals of the mentioned subjects and similar issues
in the field of social sciences and human behaviour.
The society pursues this aim by:
-organising seminars, congresses or scientific meetings
for analysing and discussing problems concerning its activity;
-implementing scientific surveys, enquires and researches
and promoting, training activities (courses, seminars, etc);
-publishing the Italian Review of Economics, Demography
and Statistics, SIEDS News, a series of studies and monographies
on specific items always concerning the scientific interest
of the society as well as the proceedings of its congresses
and seminars;
-undertaking every activity for supporting such studies
or for scientifically collaborating with the policy makers
in the economic, demographic and statistical field;
-participating with its official representatives to congress,
meetings, commissions of other similar national and international
Societies or public or private bodies.
-sustaining the aspirations of similar national and international
societies and scientifically co-operating with them.
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Selected
video of this month: World
Bank's Open Data Initiative
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data.worldbank.org |
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CALL
FOR EXPERTS: Economists and Statisticians |
 Opportunity
to be selected with ICstat within the European Commission's
"Framework contracts" >> |
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NEWS
& SOCIETY |
World
Bank Frees Up Development Data
data.worldbank.org
 New
site offers free access to more than 2,000 statistics;
330 indicators available in French, Spanish and Arabic.
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House
prices
You can't keep 'em down
Apr 15th 2010
From The
Economist print edition
Houses remain overvalued in many countries where
prices are now rising |
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Writing
and and talking aloud help in solving math problems
 Dec
09- A research by VILLEGAS CASTELLANOS, CASTRO MARTÍNEZ
and GUTIÉRREZ PÉREZ published on the
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
vol 7(1) 2009, shows that representations (e.g.
verbal and graphical) play an essential role fole
in mathematical thinking. They help in the understanding
of mathematical concepts and stimolate the development
of flexible and versatile thinking in problem solving.
Article
in PDF (EN)
(ES)
from EJREP
(review by A. Cappiello)
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Pay
for delay
Nov 5th 2009
(From The
Economist print edition)
Wage subsidies and fatter jobless benefits have
softened the impact of the recession but may yet
hurt recovery
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Two
Americans Share Nobel in Economics
October 13, 2009
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
 The
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded
on Monday to two Americans for their work in economic
governance. >> |
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How
the euro crept into Great Britain
 BBCnews
(5 Aug 09) - More and more places in the UK will
accept EURO >> |
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Statistics
& Economics
BLOGS |
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YouTube and Statistics
"I
always liked charts even in school and why not use them
to make some jokes!?" 
CAMBRIDGE, MA (USA), "..Statistics
and demography are also important in making real estate investment
decisions.." 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
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Glossary
statistical terms
