Working paper
Settings weights in multidimensional indices of well-being and deprivation
- Abstract:
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Multidimensional indices of well-being and deprivation have become increasingly popular, both in the theoretical and in the policy-oriented literature. By now, there is a wide range of methods to construct multidimensional well-being indices, differing in the way they transform, aggregate and weight the relevant dimensions. We present a unifying framework that allows us to compare the different approaches and to analyze the specific role of the dimension weights in each of them. Through in...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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Department for International Development
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AusAID
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Canadian International Development Agency
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International Development Research Centre
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Publisher's website
- Series:
- OPHI working paper
- Publication date:
- 2008-01-01
- ISSN:
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2040-8188
- Paper number:
- 18
- ISBN:
- 9781907194078
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9406
- Deposit date:
- 2014-11-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Notes:
- Copyright © Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative 2007. This publication is copyright, however it may be reproduced without fee for teaching or non-profit purposes, but not for resale. Formal permission is required for all such uses, and will normally be granted immediately. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from OPHI and may be subject to a fee.
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