The Human Development Index: suggested corrections
Full substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI in pr...
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Associazione Economia civile
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description | Full substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI in proportion to a country's distance from the perfect equilibrium point while differential weighting may be substituted with a line in three dimensional space. |
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spelling | doaj.art-58f5b621a35a4d779782fedc527f7ee72022-12-22T03:57:13ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36431998-06-0151205193221The Human Development Index: suggested correctionsP. PALAZZIA. LAURIFull substitutability and equal weighting principles of the human development index (HDI) have been found to be ineffective in determining appropriate HDI values and should therefore be dropped. An index can be devised with equal distribution of values of the component variables to correct HDI in proportion to a country's distance from the perfect equilibrium point while differential weighting may be substituted with a line in three dimensional space.http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/10596/10480MethodsEconomic indicatorsSocial economicsHuman development index |
spellingShingle | P. PALAZZI A. LAURI The Human Development Index: suggested corrections PSL Quarterly Review Methods Economic indicators Social economics Human development index |
title | The Human Development Index: suggested corrections |
title_full | The Human Development Index: suggested corrections |
title_fullStr | The Human Development Index: suggested corrections |
title_full_unstemmed | The Human Development Index: suggested corrections |
title_short | The Human Development Index: suggested corrections |
title_sort | human development index suggested corrections |
topic | Methods Economic indicators Social economics Human development index |
url | http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/10596/10480 |
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