7th May – Global Living Standards over the long run + How to publish in the 21st century?

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?

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Why?

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Misperceptions 1.  Demographics 2.  Health 3.  Politics 4.  Poverty 5.  Inequality 6.  Violence

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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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Example 2

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Example 2

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Example 3

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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

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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

What?

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1: Health

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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

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'

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www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale

Florence Nightingale – using data visualization to change policy

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2: Power and Violence

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OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015

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This visualization is linked to the original file in the folder ‘Static Visualisations'

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3: Economic Prosperity

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OurWorldInData.org – Empirical evidence on how the world is changing May 7th 2015

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

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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

6: War

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

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

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

How?

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Database

Research Papers

International Institutions

Own data

Bar Chart Line Chart Scatter Plot

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