A Human Development Index by Income Groups
A Human Development Index by Income Groups
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.12.001
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Misselhorn, Mark
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作者：
Grimm, Michael;Harttgen, Kenneth;Misselhorn, Mark
对人类发展倡议最常见的批评之一是，它没有考虑到国家内部的不平等。我们建议采用一种方法来计算收入分配的五分位数的三个组成部分和总体人类发展指数。这使得能够在国家内部和国家之间比较穷人和非穷人的人类发展水平。一个经验性的例子表明，各国，特别是在非洲，在人类发展方面存在很大差异。HDI越高，这些差异就越小，但只有微弱的差异。收入的不平等通常高于教育和预期寿命的不平等。(C)2008爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
One of the most frequent critiques of the HDI is that it does not take into account inequality within countries. We suggest a methodology which allows to compute the three components and the overall HDI for quintiles of the income distribution. This allows comparisons of the level in human development of the poor and non-poor within and across countries. An empirical illustration shows large discrepancies in human development within the countries, especially in Africa. These discrepancies are lower the higher the HDI is, but only weakly so. Inequality in income is generally higher than inequality in education and life expectancy. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.