In the case of the micrometer it is obvious the raw image has had more sharpening because when you start enlarging it it has more edge halo than the jpeg so this particualar test is inconclusive...most people convince theirselves of what they want to see
By the way if you turn off or reduce the contrast and sharpeness parameters and set your own post process in PS the difference between raw and HQ jpeg lessens even more and you still have the bonus of more images on a card. Saying that I mostly shoot raw then save as HQjpeg after all processing is done.
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or you generate 16 bit tiff for printing
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You have to convert to 8 bit for printing so this is not really a reason to shoot in raw, the advantage of raw and 16 bit is where extreme post processing will take place and where banding postrization may take place.