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dc.contributor.author | Binder, Martin | en |
dc.contributor.author | Broekel, Tom | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-08 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-05-20T14:33:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-05-20T14:33:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aFriedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics |cJena | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aJena Economic Research Papers |x2009,100 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I12 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I31 | en |
dc.subject.jel | R15 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | conversion efficiency | en |
dc.subject.keyword | welfare measurement | en |
dc.subject.keyword | robust nonparametric efficiency analysis | en |
dc.subject.keyword | functioning production | en |
dc.subject.stw | Wohlfahrtstheorie | en |
dc.subject.stw | Messung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensstandard | en |
dc.subject.stw | Disparitätsmaß | en |
dc.subject.stw | Technische Effizienz | en |
dc.subject.stw | Nichtparametrisches Verfahren | en |
dc.subject.stw | Robustes Verfahren | en |
dc.subject.stw | Großbritannien | en |
dc.title | Applying a nonparametric efficiency analysis to measure conversion efficiency in Great Britain | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 61446515X | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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