On a Class of human development index measures

Srijit Mishra () and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

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.

Keywords: Ideal path; Penalty; Minkowski distance function; Multiple dimensions; Uniform development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I31 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2008-10
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