An Unbalance Adjustment Method for Development Indicators

Autor/inn/en	Tarabusi, Enrico Casadio; Guarini, Giulio
Titel	An Unbalance Adjustment Method for Development Indicators
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 112 (2013) 1, S.19-45 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-012-0070-4
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Social Indicators; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Economic Factors; Research Methodology; Statistical Analysis; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Statistische Analyse; Afrika
Abstract	This paper analyzes some aggregation aspects of the procedure for constructing a composite index on a multidimensional socio-economic phenomenon such as development, the main focus being on the unbalance among individual dimensions. First a theoretical framework is set up for the unbalance adjustment of the index. Then an aggregation function is proposed that takes unbalance among development dimensions into account; a separate index is also introduced that measures the unbalance itself. Finally the dataset of the Index of African Governance for the year 2007 is used to test this method and compare it against the weighted arithmetic mean of variables with relation to the measured values of unbalance, yielding significantly different results for ratings and rankings, which in addition show negative correlations with the unbalance adjustment values. The changes ensuing from the adjustment are commented for some countries. (As Provided).
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