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Has the world moved forward? A robust multidimensional evaluation

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Decancq, Koen [UCL] Ooghe, Erwin [Center for Economic Studies, KULeuven, Naamsestraat 69, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium]

This paper presents a multidimensional normative framework to evaluate whether the world moved forward between 1980 and 2008. We focus on the robustness of the results when attributing different weights to the different dimensions. Population-weighted international welfare has not worsened over this period. However, the trend in the underlying inequality is ambiguous, once sufficient weight is given to longevity and/or income. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Economics Letters" - Vol. 107, no. 2, p. 266-269 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Elsevier Science Sa (Lausanne)
issn 0165-1765
e-issn 1873-7374
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - ESPO/ECON - Département des sciences économiques
Keywords Multidimensional inequality ; International inequality ; Dimension weights
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Bibliographic reference Decancq, Koen ; Ooghe, Erwin. Has the world moved forward? A robust multidimensional evaluation. In: Economics Letters, Vol. 107, no. 2, p. 266-269 (2010)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/34464