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Constructing the Human Development Index: Effect of the Adaptive Multi-Step Formulation of Utility Function—A Research Note

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  • Ravi Kant Bhatnagar

    (Staff Selection Commission (Government of India), Block 12. C.G.O. Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Email: bhatnagar_r_k@sify.com.)

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UNDP's Human Development Index has been based on Atkinson's multi-step utility function (until 1999). It has been pointed out that an adaptive approach could be superior to Atkinson's function and can take care of its conceptual and fundamental weaknesses for constructing the Human Development Index. The present article analytically establishes certain results and empirically examines variations in the ranks of the countries due to the adaptive multi-step formulation utility function when used in place of the approaches employed by UNDP in the Human Development Reports.

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  • Ravi Kant Bhatnagar, 2002. "Constructing the Human Development Index: Effect of the Adaptive Multi-Step Formulation of Utility Function—A Research Note," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 3(2), pages 253-263, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:soueco:v:3:y:2002:i:2:p:253-263
    DOI: 10.1177/139156140200300209
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