7th may – global living standards over the long run + how to publish in the 21st century?
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OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
1. Global Living Standards over the Long Run 2. How to Publish Empirical Research in the 21st Century?
OurWorldInData.org Max Roser – Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
Outline of the Presentation
• Why? • What? • How?
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
Misperceptions 1. Demographics 2. Health 3. Politics 4. Poverty 5. Inequality 6. Violence
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
US: estimate in survey is 28% – actual figure 12% France: 28% vs 10% United Kingdom: 24% vs 8%
Sides and Citrin (2007) – How Large the Huddled Masses? – The Causes and Consequences of Public Misperceptions about Immigrant Populations; Working Paper
Example 1
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http://www.gapminder.org/GapminderMedia/wp-uploads/Results-from-the-Ignorance-Survey-in-the-US..pdf
Example 4
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http://www.gapminder.org/GapminderMedia/wp-uploads/Results-from-the-Ignorance-Survey-in-the-US..pdf
Example 4
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Wealth Inequality in the US Example 5
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
Most Americans think that crime is going up – whether or not it actually is
http://www.vox.com/2015/5/4/8546497/crime-rate-america
Example 6
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Motivation for Our World In Data • Consequences of misperception • An empirical perspective on how the world is changing over the long-
run • Making research available for journalists and the public
• World Bank (May 2014) – 'Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read?': 31% never downloaded
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1: Health 2: Power and Violence 3: Economic Prosperity 4: Food 5: Nature (Energy Sources and Environmental Problems)
6: Peace 7: Culture
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
Florence Nightingale – using data visualization to change policy
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
2: Power and Violence
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
3: Economic Prosperity
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
5: Ecology: Energy Sources and Environmental Problems
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
Database
Research Papers
International Institutions
Own data
Bar Chart Line Chart Scatter Plot
OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015
www.OurWorldInData.org
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