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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Binder, Martin | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Broekel, Tom | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-12-08 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-05-20T14:33:55Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-05-20T14:33:55Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32582 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | In the literature on Sen's capability approach, studies focussing on the empirical measurement of conversion factors are comparatively rare. We add to this field by adopting a measure of 'conversion efficiency' that captures the efficiency with which individuals convert their re-sources into achieved functioning. We use a nonparametric efficiency procedure borrowed from production theory and construct such a measure for a set of basic functionings, using data from the wave 2006 of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). In Great Britain, 49.88% of the individuals can be considered efficient while the mean of the inefficient indi-viduals reaches one fifth less functioning achievement. An individual's conversion efficiency is positively affected by getting older, being self-employed, married, having no health prob-lems and living in the London area. On the other hand, being unemployed, sepa-rated/divorced/widowed and (self-assessed) disabled decrease an individual's conversion effi-ciency. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Univ. [u.a.] Jena | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Jena economic research papers 2009,100 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | I31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | R15 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | conversion efficiency | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | welfare measurement | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | robust nonparametric efficiency analysis | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | functioning production | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Wohlfahrtstheorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Messung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lebensstandard | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Disparitätsmaß | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Technische Effizienz | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Nichtparametrisches Verfahren | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Robustes Verfahren | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Großbritannien | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Applying a nonparametric efficiency analysis to measure conversion efficiency in Great Britain | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 61446515X | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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