A DEA Approach to Measure the Quality-of-Life in the Municipalities of the Canary Islands

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 335-353

  Martín, Juan Carlos ^a   Mendoza, Cira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross efficiency; DEA; Quality of life; Synthetic index; Well being

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84879688428     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0096-7     Document Type: Article

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