On measuring literacy

被引：101

作者：

Basu, K ^{[1
]}

Foster, JE

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[2] Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN USA

来源：

ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 1998年 / 108卷 / 451期

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D O I：

10.1111/1468-0297.00369

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper presents a new approach to evaluating the aggregate literacy level in a country or region. The resulting 'effective literacy' measure takes into account the intrahousehold externality arising from the presence of a literate member. A simple and natural axiomatic characterisation is provided along with an empirical illustration using Indian data.

引用

页码：1733 / 1749

页数：17

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