Satellitendaten zur Schätzung von Realeinkommen - Das Beispiel Deutschland

• Published in: Ifo Dresden Berichtet Vol. 22; no. 6; p. 35
• Main Authors: Leßmann, Christian, Seidel, André, Steinkraus, Arne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: München Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Ifo) 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Data collection; Economic conditions; Estimating techniques; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; International comparisons; Satellite communications; Germany

A new way of estimating missing regional income data is provided by satellite images of the Earth at night. The basic idea is that economic activities that are in the evenings, need, or emit light. From the light emission at night conclusions can be drawn about economic variables. The aim of this pa...