Troubling tradeoffs in the Human Development Index

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-209

  Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Human development; Income; Life expectancy; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84864383326     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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