Quality of Life Experienced by Human Capital: An Assessment of European Cities

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-206

  Morais, Paulo ^a   Miguéis, Vera L ^a   Camanho, Ana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composite indicator; Data envelopment analysis; Human capital; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN SOCIETY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84872496363     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9923-5     Document Type: Article

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