Spatial Composite and Disaggregate Indicators: Chow-Lin Methods and Applications

The present paper aims to verify a statistical procedure that allows for the transition fromaggregate indicators to disaggregate indicators, whereas in this case, the terms aggregate/disaggregaterefer to territorial areas and not to categories.

More specifically, an attempt was made to reconstructthe indicators of the infrastructural endowment at the provincial level (in Italy) on the basis of analogousindicators that are available at the regional level. For such purpose following Chow-Lin’s approach, we testsome coavriates representing the territorial demand for infrastructure, related to productive, demographicand tourist aspects.

The comparison between the results obtained through the application of the mentionedapproach and the “real” data (available at the provincial level) in effect allows for the verification of thecoherence among factors of demand and the real distribution of the infrastructure in Italy.

Francesco Vidoli, Claudio Mazziotta

 

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