On Measuring Deprivation and the Standard of Living in a Multidimensional Framework on the Basis of Aggregate Data

In measuring social deprivation in a multidimensional framework, ideally one should first measure each individual's overall deprivation, and then aggregate the overall deprivation levels of all individuals. However, given only aggregate data, one is often forced to measure social deprivation in...

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Published in:Economica (London) 2003-05, Vol.70 (278), p.197-221
Main Authors: Dutta, Indranil, Pattanaik, Prasanta K., Xu, Yongsheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregation
Data analysis
Deprivation
Economic models
Economic theory
Economics
Integers
Intuition
Living conditions
Logical givens
Mathematical procedures
Matrices
Nondestructive testing
Poverty
Social research
Society
Standard of living
Statistical analysis
Studies
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Summary:In measuring social deprivation in a multidimensional framework, ideally one should first measure each individual's overall deprivation, and then aggregate the overall deprivation levels of all individuals. However, given only aggregate data, one is often forced to measure social deprivation in terms of each attribute separately and then to aggregate them so as to get the overall social deprivation. This paper shows that it is only under extremely stringent conditions that this procedure would always yield the same result as the conceptually sound procedure referred to earlier. A similar difficulty also arises in measuring a society's standard of living.
ISSN:0013-0427
1468-0335
DOI:10.1111/1468-0335.t01-1-00279