Going Beyond Functionings to Capabilities: An Econometric Model to Explain and Estimate Capabilities

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-63

  Krishnakumar, Jaya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capability approach; Human development; Item response; Latent variables; Simultaneous equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549119052     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880601101408     Document Type: Article

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