JRC head of the Unit of Econometrics and Applied Statistics (EAS), Andrea Saltelli participates at the European Framework for Measuring Progress (e-Frame) Conference 2014 with the presentation “Policy uses of composite indicators”, prepared with Michaela Saisana.

JRC Scientist, Sjoerd Hardeman, publishes a paper entitled “Characterizing and comparing innovation systems by different 'Modes' of knowledge production: a proximity approach” in the journal “Science and Public Policy”.

This report studies the occupational mismatch phenomenon, focusing on mismatching in both education and skill. Using PIAAC we calculate several indicators of overeducation and overskilling, investigating how the different measures are related to each other and the differing effects of the mismatch on several European countries. We find that mismatches in education and skill respectively measure two separate domains, and that the majority of the European population is either overeducated or overskilled, but not both.

The JRC supported the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to develop the Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT), launched today at the UN IFAD premises in Rome. MPAT is an innovative tool for assessing, understanding and addressing rural poverty. It provides data that can inform all levels of decision-making by providing a clearer understanding of rural poverty at household and village level.

The latest edition of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was presented and discussed on January  2014 during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos. The EPI is released biannually since 2006 by Yale and Columbia Universities, in collaboration with the Samuel Foundation and the WEF. The EPI ranks how well countries perform on high-priority environmental issues concerning the policy areas of environmental health and ecosystem vitality.