期刊名称：Discussion Papers / Ibero America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
出版年度：2007
卷号：2007
出版社：Ibero America Institute for Economic Research
摘要：One of the most frequent critiques of the HDI is that is does
not take into account inequality within countries in its three dimensions. We
suggest a relatively easy and intuitive approach which allows to compute the
three components and the overall HDI for quintiles of the income distribution.
This allows to compare the level in human development of the poor with the level
of the non-poor within countries, but also across countries. An empirical
illustration for a sample of 13 low and middle income countries and 2
industrialized countries shows that inequality in human development within
countries is indeed high. The results also show that the level of inequality is
only weakly correlated with the level of human development itself.
关键词：Human Development, Income Inequality, Differential Mortality, Inequality in
Education
