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Social indicators and comparisons of living standards

Date

Authors

Dowrick, Stephen

Dunlop, Yvonne

Quiggin, John

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Construction of an international index of standards of living, incorporating social indicators and economic output, typically involves scaling and weighting procedures that lack welfare-economic foundations. Revealed preference axioms can be used to make

Keywords

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; human development index; life expectancy; living standard; social indicator Human Development Index; Ideal Afriat Index; International comparisons; Living standards; Revealed preference; Social indicators

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74095

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Development Economics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00107-4

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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