cross-country comparison
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcross-countryandcomparison
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cross-country
adjective
uk/ˌkrɒsˈkʌn.tri/us/ˌkrɑːsˈkʌn.tri/
travelling from one side of a country to the other; travelling all over ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofcross-countryandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecross-countrycomparisonof administrative systems requires concepts which allow the replacement of countries' names with analytical categories.
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The methodology, as well as interpretation issues and across-countrycomparisonof results, are nicely outlined in the introduction.
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This makes cross-country comparisons about the efficiency of national (or regional) pollution strategies difficult.
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This makes cross-country comparisons about the efficiency of national (or regional) pollution strategies difficult, unless one accounts for this difference.
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Costs associated with the option of a re-start lead to hystereses effects that complicate empirical cross-country comparisons of environmental policies.
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Yet, cross-country comparisons should not lead to a neglect of comparisons over time.
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Single-country studies cannot avoid cross-country comparisons, for such comparisons are built into our language and are implicit in any description of that country's politics.
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It is not immediately obvious how to move beyond such informal validation of cross-country comparisons of party positions on anchored substantive policy scales.
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A corresponding pair of results was obtained for cross-country comparisons of social well-being.
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In addition, examining this available evidence may provide insights to guide the further collection of more recent data for cross-country comparisons.
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Consider a date when the cross-country comparisons are to be made.
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Not everyone will be satisfied with the application of this methodology to cross-country comparisons, since external circumstances for all three countries have been so very different.
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What about the second hypothesis: that the impact of hidden housing income on poverty rates tends to enhance the relative position of high home ownership countries in cross-country comparisons?
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The comparisons are based upon a single set of economic assumptions for all 30 countries to facilitate cross-country comparisons that reflect differences in pension systems and policies alone.
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Two cross-country comparisons have found great variation in the gender differences regarding the degree of variance in mathematical ability.
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