A Gender Wellbeing Composite Indicator: The Best-Worst Global Evaluation Approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-496

  Domínguez Serrano, Mónica ^a   Blancas, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Envelopment data analysis; Gender; Linear programming; Wellbeing measures

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER ISSUE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 79957987079     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9687-3     Document Type: Article

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