Night lights is an opportunity to measure prosperity, using an eye in the sky, without requiring institutional capacity in economic measurement on the ground. From 2012 onwards, the VIIRS data is at a monthly frequency for a pixel of 0.5km x 0.5km. Ayush Patnaik, Anshul Tayal, Susan Thomas and I have new work in this field:
Better night lights data
Better night lights data
Better night lights data
Night lights is an opportunity to measure prosperity, using an eye in the sky, without requiring institutional capacity in economic measurement on the ground. From 2012 onwards, the VIIRS data is at a monthly frequency for a pixel of 0.5km x 0.5km. Ayush Patnaik, Anshul Tayal, Susan Thomas and I have new work in this field: