DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014

282 Appendix B – Data Sources, Regression Results, Region Classifications
Part 1 Data Sources Employed
Table B.1 (continued) Data Sources Employed to Calculate Depth Scores
Pillar Variable Definition Source
People Outbound Migrants International outbound migrants’ share of
population.
Inbound Migrants
International inbound migrants’ share of
population.
United Nations, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, Population Division,
Trends in International Migrant Stock:
Migrants by Destination and Origin (United
Nations data base, 2013 Revision)
(Stock of migrants 2000, 2010 and 2013)
(http://esa.un.org/unmigration/TIM-
SO2013/migrantstocks2013.htm); data
for Taiwan were retrieved from Statistical
Yearbook of the Interior (http://sowf.moi.
gov.tw/stat/year/elist.htm)
Outbound Tourists
Outbound tourists. Departures of overnight visitors
(tourists) as percentage of total population.
Compendium of Tourism Statistics, UNWTO
(http://unwto.org/en)
Inbound Tourists
Inbound tourists. Arrivals of non-resident
overnight visitors (tourists) at national borders as
percentage of total population.
Outgoing International
Students
Total number of students studying abroad as % of
total tertiary students in that country.
Outbound mobility ratio of tertiary students
(students from a given country studying
abroad) from the Students Mobility indicators,
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://
stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/
document.aspxReportId=136&IF_
Language=eng&BR_Topic=0)
Incoming International
Students
Total number of foreign students as % of total
tertiary students in that country.
Foreign Students as % of All Higher Education
Students in Euromonitor Passport; to
fill gaps we use the inbound mobility rate
from the Students Mobility indicators,
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://
stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/
document.aspxReportId=136&IF_
Language=eng&BR_Topic=0); data for
Taiwan from Ministry of Education, Republic
of China (Taiwan) (http://english.moe.gov.
tw/lp.aspCtNode=1184&CtUnit=415&Base
DSD=16&mp=1)
Variables for
Rescaling
Gross Domestic
Product
Gross domestic product, current prices in
US dollars.
World Economic Outlook Database from
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.
org/external/ns/cs.aspxid=28)
Market Capitalization
Stock market capitalization, current prices in US
dollars.
Passport database (Euromonitor)
(http://www.euromonitor.com/passport)
Population
Total population is counting all residents regardless
of legal status or citizenship—except for
refugees not permanently settled in the country
of asylum, who are generally considered part of
the population of their country of origin. Midyear
estimates.
World Development Indicators from World
Bank (http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/
home.do); data for Taiwan were retrieved
from Ministry of the Interior (http://www.moi.
gov.tw/stat/english/monthly.asp)
Tertiary Students
Enrollment in total tertiary. Public and private.
Full and part time.
Note: This variable is only used to calculate
weighted average depth ratios across country
groups as the raw data are already provided in
ratio form.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://stats.
uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.
aspxReportId=136&IF_Language=eng&BR_
Topic=0) with data gaps for European countries
filled in using data from Eurostat;
data for Taiwan were retrieved from Ministry
of Education Republic of China (Taiwan)
(http://english.moe.gov.tw/lp.aspCtNode=11
84&CtUnit=415&BaseDSD=16&mp=1)