Inequality Decomposition and Human Development

Ricardo Martinez ()

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2016, vol. 17, issue 3, 415-425

Abstract: The human development index (HDI), which takes into account achievements in health, education, and income, is considered a good measure of the social attainments of a country. The global cross-country distribution of human development is imbalanced and the degree of convergence is low. This inequality has varied during recent years. In this paper we present evidence that improvements in the convergence of human development across countries are mostly attributed to education, whereas health and income have made poor contributions. To do this we exploit the multiplicative structure of the HDI and several decompositions of the Theil inequality index.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2016.1155544

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