Gordon Anderson|Ian Crawford|Andrew Leicester
Welfare rankings from multivariate data, a nonparametric approach
University of Toronto|Institute for Fiscal Studies|University of Oxford|Institute for Fiscal Studies
economic social welfare inherently multidimensional however choosing measure combines several indicators difficult may unintendend undesirable effects incentives policy makers develop nonparametric empirical method deriving welfare rankings social planner based data envelopment avoids need specify weighting scheme apply method data human development