The human development index with multiple data envelopment analysis approaches : a comparative evaluation using social network analysis.
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2021
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The objective of this work is to use multiple Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)/Beneft of
the Doubt (BoD) approaches for the readjustment and exploitation of the Human Develop-
ment Index (HDI). The HDI is the leading indicator for the vision of “development as free-
dom”; it is a Composite Index, wherein three dimensions (income, health, and education),
represented by four indicators, are aggregated. The DEA-BoD approaches used in this
work were: the traditional BoD; the Multiplicative BoD; the Slacks Based Measure (SBM)
BoD; the Range Adjusted Model (RAM) BoD; weight restrictions; common weights; and
tiebreaker methods. These approaches were applied to raw and normalized HDI data from
2018, to generate 40 diferent rankings for 189 countries. The resulting indexes were ana-
lyzed and compared using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and information derived from
DEA itself (slacks, relative contributions, targets, relative targets and benchmarks). This
paper presents useful DEA derived indexes that could be replicated in other contexts. In
addition, it contributes by presenting a clearer picture of the diferences between BoD
models and ofering a new way to appreciate the world’s human development panorama.
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Beneft of the doubt - BoD, Composite index - CI
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MARIANO, E. B.; FERRAZ, D.; GOBBO, S. C. de O. The human development index with multiple data envelopment analysis approaches: a comparative evaluation using social network analysis. Social Indicators Research, p. 443-500, 2021. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-021-02660-4>. Acesso em: 24 maio 2022.