econometrics

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the French économétrie. Coined by Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch in 1926. Compare the earlier German Oekonometrie (now generally spelt Ökonometrie), first used (in a different sense) by Polish economist Paweł Ciompa in 1910.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɒn.əˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɑ.nəˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɔn.əˈmet.ɹɪks/

Noun

econometrics (uncountable)

(economics) The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.
- 2024 March, Angus Deaton, “Rethinking My Economics”, in F&D Magazine‎^[1]:
  The credibility revolution in econometrics was an understandable reaction to the identification of causal mechanisms by assertion, often controversial and sometimes incredible.
- 2026 May 3, Ezra Klein, “Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  Here is a poetic finding from econometrics: As the rich get richer, they want more from other humans, not less.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:econometrics.

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Translations

branch of economics

Bengali: অর্থমিতি (orthomiti)
Bhojpuri: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
Catalan: econometria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 計量經濟學 / 计量经济学 (jìliàng jīngjìxué)
Czech: ekonometrie f
Danish: økonometri
Doteli: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
Dutch: econometrie (nl) f
Estonian: ökonomeetria (et)
Finnish: ekonometria (fi)
French: économétrie (fr) f
Georgian: ეკონომეტრია (eḳonomeṭria), ეკონომეტრიკა (eḳonomeṭriḳa)
German: Ökonometrie (de) n
Greek: οικονομετρία (el) n (oikonometría)
Gujarati: અર્થમિતિ (arthamiti)
Hindi: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
Hungarian: ökonometria (hu)
Indonesian: ekonometri (id), ekonometrika
Irish: eacnaiméadracht f
Italian: econometrica f
Japanese: 計量経済学 (けいりょうけいざいがく, keiryōkeisaigaku)
Kannada: ಅರ್ಥಮಾಪನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (arthamāpanaśāstra), ಅರ್ಥಮಿತಿ (arthamiti)
Khmer: សេដ្ឋមាត្រវិទ្យា (sed dhak mart vi tyea)
Maithili: अर्थमिति (arthamitɨ)
Malay: ekonometrik
Marathi: अर्थमिती (arthamitī)
Nepali: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
Norwegian: econometrie
Polish: ekonometria (pl) f
Portuguese: econometria f
Punjabi: ਅਰਥਮਿਤਿ (arathmiti)
Romanian: econometrie (ro) f
Russian: экономе́трика (ru) f (ekonométrika), экономе́трия (ru) f (ekonométrija)
Spanish: econometría (es) f
Swedish: ekonometri
Telugu: అర్థమితి (arthamiti)
Turkish: ekonometri (tr)
Vietnamese: kinh tế lượng

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