On Measuring Aggregate "Social Efficiency"

On Measuring Aggregate "Social Efficiency"

Cross-country comparisons of social indicators controlling for income and/or social spending have been widely used to measure and explain "social efficiency" analogously to "technical efficiency" in production. The author argues...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
SOCIAL INDICATORS
INCOME GAPS
PUBLIC SPENDING
INCOME ESTIMATES
SOCIAL CHOICE
TECHNICAL EVALUATION
PRODUCTION CAPACITY
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
LIFE EXPECTANCY (HUMAN)
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AVERAGE INCOME
BENCHMARK
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DATA SETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT REPORTS
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL MODELS
EMPIRICAL WORK
EXPECTED VALUES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FUNCTIONAL FORM
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOMES
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEFFICIENCY
INFANT MORTALITY
INPUT PRICES
INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINEAR RELATIONSHIP
LOG INCOME
MEAN ERROR TERM
MEAN INCOME
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MORTALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE GROWTH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POSITIVE CORRELATION
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTION INPUTS
PRODUCTION SET
PUBLIC HEALTH
REDUCING POVERTY
SERIES DATA
SOCIAL OUTCOMES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SERVICES
TIME SERIES
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2820082/measuring-aggregate-social-efficiency
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17903

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