Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32022 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 49
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
Human development is about expanding the choices human beings have to lead lives that they value and is captured by its capability sets which consist of various functioning vectors. The standard of living is then reflected in capability sets. This paper proposes some particular ways of measuring the standard of living available either to an individual or a whole country, when the direction of the development of society represented by a reference functioning vector or a reference cone is uncertain. We provide axiomatic characterizations of the various measures proposed.
Subjects: 
functionings
capabilities
uncertainty
social progress
standard of living
JEL: 
C78
D63
D71
D74
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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