A Household-Based Human Development Index

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 878-899

  Harttgen, Kenneth ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential mortality; Human development index; Income inequality; Inequality in education

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 84858619471     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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