A Gender Wellbeing Composite Indicator: The Best-Worst Global Evaluation Approach

Autor/inn/en	Dominguez-Serrano, Monica; Blancas, Francisco Javier
Titel	A Gender Wellbeing Composite Indicator: The Best-Worst Global Evaluation Approach
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 102 (2011) 3, S.477-496 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9687-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Indicators; Gender Differences; Holistic Approach; Sociometric Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Well Being; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Geschlechterkonflikt; Holistischer Ansatz; Soziometrie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	In this paper we present a new global evaluation methodology for constructing composite indicators. Given the limitations in the construction of wellbeing indicators that include a gender perspective, this paper proposes separate measures for men and women, using new linear programming models to improve the traditional Data Envelopment Analysis models. We obtain composite indicators using common weights (which are most and least favourable) so that the indicators' values are able to discriminate between all units and provide a global vision of each one. This approach does not require prior knowledge of the weights for initial indicators, nor does it require a normalization method. Thus, the new composite indicator is less subjective than others. For the practical implementation of this proposal, we use the countries of the European Union as an example. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10