Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future

Published By: UNU-WIDER on eSS | Published Date: November, 03 , 2004

This paper surveys the various composite well-being indices that have been inter-country assessments over the last 40 or soy ears, including the well known Human Development Index (HDI). A number of issues are considered, including the choice of components, component weights, scale equivalence, non-linearity, correlations among components and the policy relevance of such measures. [ResearchPaperNo.2004/63]

Author(s): Mark McGillivray, Farhad Noorbakhsh | Posted on: Dec 03, 2010 | Views(853) | Download (1321)


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