Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future
Published By: UNU-WIDER on eSS | Published Date: November, 03 , 2004This 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(795) | Download (1321)