Troubling Tradeoffs in the Human Development Index

Troubling Tradeoffs in the Human Development Index

The 20th Human Development Report has introduced a new version of its famous Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI aggregates country-level attainments in life expectancy, schooling and income per capita. Each year's rankings by the HDI are k...

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES CONTINGENT VALUATION COUNTRY PERFORMANCE CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DERIVATIVE DEVALUATION DEVALUATIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL RESULTS ENROLMENT RATES EXPECTED UTILITY FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GROWTH THEORY HOLDING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME ELASTICITY INCREASING FUNCTION INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTRINSIC VALUE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS LOG INCOME LOW INCOMES MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL UTILITY MARGINAL VALUE MARKET RETURNS MEAN INCOME NATIONAL INCOME POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PERSON POVERTY MEASURE POWER PARITY PRICE LEVELS PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF LIFE RELATIVE PRICES RETURN RETURNS SCHOOLING TRADEOFFS TRANSPARENCY VALUATION VALUATIONS VALUE JUDGMENTS WAGES WEALTH
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