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A Simple Approach to Specifying the Weights of the HDI Index

Starting from a representative welfare function, this paper developed a simple method to endogenously specify the weights for the Human Development Index (HDI), and finds that the current equal-weighted HDI significantly biases down the weight of life expectancy. The weights proposed by this study may more properly reflect the humancentered development of the HDI.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 115

Classification: Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

Subject: HDI
Weights
Welfare Function
Ranking

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Yu, Xiaohua

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)

(where): Göttingen

(when): 2012

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/90467

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Yu, Xiaohua
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)

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2012

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