Chaotic signals from HDI measurement

被引：22

作者：

Lüchters, G

Menkhoff, L ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Aachen Univ Technol, Fac Econ, D-52056 Aachen, Germany

[2] Univ Bonn, Fac Med, D-53127 Bonn, Germany

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2000年 / 7卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1080/135048500351654

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The Human Development Index (HDI) is designed to provide a development measure competing with GDP, and it has been reformed several times to this end. The 1996 and 1997 reports, however, reveal a severe new flaw in the HDI: the transformation of GDP changes into the index of human development is completely misleading, as higher real per capita GDP often causes lower HDI values, and vice-versa. This transformation is generally highly sensitive to the initial GDP, resulting in chaotic transformation patterns. Relatively marginal modifications to the measurement of HDI could solve this problem.

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