Social and Economic Wellbeing in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: Building an Enlarged Human Development Indicator

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 527-547

  Reig Martínez, Ernest ^a  

^a Polibienestar Research Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compromise programming; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); European and Southern Mediterranean countries; Human development; Wellbeing Composite Index (WCI)

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874579267     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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