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Category Archives: measuring human rights
Measuring Human Rights (27): Measuring Crime
(source) A number of crimes are also human rights violations, so crime rates can tell us something about the degree of respect for human rights. Unfortunately, as in most cases of rights measurement, crime measurement is difficult. I won’t discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, crime rates, incarceration, measurement problems, prison, prison conditions, prison rape, violence
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Measuring Human Rights (26): Measuring Murder
(source) Murder should be easy to measure. Unlike many other crimes or rights violations, the evidence is clear and painstakingly recorded: there is a body, at least in most cases; police seldom fail to notice a murder; and relatives or … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, crime rates, homicide, human rights, measurement, measurement problems, murder, police, quantitative analysis, violence
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Measuring Human Rights (25): Measuring Hunger
(source) First, and for those in doubt: hunger is a human rights violations (see article 25 of the Universal Declaration). Second, before we discuss ways to measure this violation, we have to know what it is that we want to … Continue reading
Posted in economics, health, measuring human rights, poverty, statistics
Tagged calorie intake, definition of hunger, famine, food, hunger, malnutrition, measurement, revealed preferences, what is hunger
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Measuring Human Rights (24): Measuring Racism, Ctd.
(source, more about the watermelon stereotype here) Measuring racism is a problem, as I’ve argued before. Asking people if they’re racist won’t work because they don’t answer this question correctly, and understandably so. This is due to the social desirability … Continue reading
Measuring Human Rights (23): When “Worse” Doesn’t Necessarily Mean “Worse”, Ctd.
(source) Just because nobody complains does not mean all parachutes are perfect. Benny Hill A nice illustration of this piece of wisdom: Using state-level variation in the timing of political reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in … Continue reading
