Definition of Social Globalization Index

Social globalization has three dimensions: personal contacts, information flows, and cultural proximity. The sub-index on personal contacts includes international telecom traffic, degree of tourism, transfers, foreign population, and number of international letters. The sub-index on information flows includes number of internet users, share of households with a television set, and trade in newspapers. The sub-index on cultural proximity includes trade in books and number of McDonald's restaurants and Ikea located in a country. More information and the original data can be obtained <a href="http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.

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