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

Lee Stapleton () and Guy Garrod

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2007, vol. 84, issue 2, 179-188

Keywords: Complexity; Composite indices; Human Development Index; Information Theory; Sustainable development; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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