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Keeping things simple: why the Human Development Index should not diverge from its equal weights assumption

verfasst von: Lee M. Stapleton, Guy D. Garrod

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2007

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Using a range of statistical criteria rooted in Information Theory we show that there is little justification for relaxing the equal weights assumption underlying the United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI) even if the true HDI diverges significantly from this assumption. Put differently, the additional model complexity that unequal weights add to the HDI more than counteracts the improvement in goodness-of-fit. This suggests that, in some cases, there may be limited validity in increasing the complexity of a range of other composite sustainability indices.

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Titel: Keeping things simple: why the Human Development Index should not diverge from its equal weights assumption
verfasst von: Lee M. Stapleton
Guy D. Garrod
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2007
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-006-9081-3

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