Nighttime Lights Revisited : The Use of Nighttime Lights Data as a Proxy for Economic Variables

Nighttime Lights Revisited : The Use of Nighttime Lights Data as a Proxy for Economic Variables

The growing availability of free or inexpensive satellite imagery has inspired many researchers to investigate the use of earth observation data for monitoring economic activity around the world. One of the most popular earth observation data sets...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Addison, Douglas, Stewart, Benjamin
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
GROWTH RATES
INCOME PER CAPITA
EQUIPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
INSTALLATION
STOCK
VALUATION
SEARCH
GROWTH ELASTICITY
DATA CENTER
INCOME
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
EXPECTATIONS
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
SATELLITES
REAL GDP
INFORMATION
ELASTICITY
BOOKMARK
MONITORING
PLANNED ECONOMY
INCOME CONSTANT
IMAGE
TECHNICAL CHANGE
TRANSMISSION
DISTRIBUTION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
STORAGE FACILITIES
VARIABLES
CAPITAL STOCK
ANNUAL GROWTH
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
PRICE
INPUTS
TIME PERIOD
PANEL REGRESSIONS
WEALTH
0 HYPOTHESIS
TRENDS
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
OPEN ACCESS
SATELLITE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
DEVELOPMENT
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
PIXEL
TIME PERIODS
STANDARD DEVIATION
LONG-TERM GROWTH
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
GROWTH LEVEL
POPULATION GROWTH
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
TOTAL CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTIVITY
CRITERIA
RELATIVE PRICES
LABOR
PRODUCT
UTILITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
AVERAGING
INVENTORY
AVERAGE GROWTH
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
LAND USE
MANUFACTURING
MARKET ECONOMY
UNEMPLOYMENT
TECHNOLOGY
CONSUMPTION
INSPECTION
CAPITAL
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
RESULTS
VALUE
ACTUAL GROWTH
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
ELECTRICITY
RAW DATA
MACROECONOMICS
POOR COUNTRIES
TFP
NETWORKS
URBAN AREAS
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
AGRICULTURE
CONSUMERS
MEASUREMENT
GROSS OUTPUT
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
IMAGES
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
ECONOMICS
EXPLANATORY POWER
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
ADMINISTRATION
FIXED EFFECTS
RESULT
DATA SETS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TRADE
GDP
DATA SET
GOODS
LAND
THEORY
GROWTH RATE
NETWORK
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
INFRARED
POLICY RESEARCH
OUTCOMES
AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
LINEAR REGRESSION
PRICES
USES
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25467938/nighttime-lights-revisited-use-nighttime-lights-data-proxy-economic-variables
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23460

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25467938/nighttime-lights-revisited-use-nighttime-lights-data-proxy-economic-variables
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23460

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