Kenneth Harttgen|Stephan Klasen
A Household-Based Human Development Index
University of Göttingen|University of Göttingen
one serious weaknesses human development index hdi take account distribution human development within country attempts capture inequality hdi used aggregate information exists hdi household level provide method proxying hdi household level allows immediate analysis human development population subgroups andor socioeconomic characteristics well analysis inequality human development across population subgroups households characteristics illustrate approach 15 developing countries inequality hdi stunningly large countries particularly countries low overall human development driven mostly high inequality education income components hdi