Measuring World Better Life Frontier: A Composite Indicator for OECD Better Life Index

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 987-1007

  Mizobuchi, Hideyuki ^a  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benefit of the doubt approach; Better Life Index; Composite indicators; Data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905245969     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0457-x     Document Type: Article

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