Development
On A Class of Human Development Index Measures
January 1, 2008
Srijit Mishra
Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Abstract
Using Minkowski distance function we propose a class of Human Development Index measures. Special cases of this turn out to be the popularly used linear average method as also a newly proposed displaced ideal method. Two measures of penalty are suggested. One captures the non-uniform attainment across dimensions and the other captures the deviation from the ideal path. A method of adjusting for unequal weights is also provided.
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