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On Measuring Aggregate "Social Efficiency"

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dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-17T17:29:30Z
dc.date.available2014-04-17T17:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.description.abstractCross-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 that these methods are clouded in ambiguities about what exactly is being measured. Standard methods of measuring technical efficiency require assumptions that seem unlikely to hold for social indicators. In the context of a simple parametric model of life expectancy, conditions are identified under which there will be a systematic pattern of bias in estimates of efficient health spending.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2820082/measuring-aggregate-social-efficiency
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3166
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17903
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3166
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectINCOME GAPS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectINCOME ESTIMATES
dc.subjectSOCIAL CHOICE
dc.subjectTECHNICAL EVALUATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION CAPACITY
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY (HUMAN)
dc.subjectSOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE DELIVERY
dc.subjectAGGREGATE INCOME
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOUNTRY PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectCROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL FINDINGS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODELS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUES
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINPUT PRICES
dc.subjectINVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLINEAR RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectLOG INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN ERROR TERM
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNEGATIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE CORRELATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION INPUTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION SET
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectSERIES DATA
dc.subjectSOCIAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectTIME SERIES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleOn Measuring Aggregate "Social Efficiency"en
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okr.crossref.titleOn Measuring Aggregate “Social Efficiency”
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:50:25.451138Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2820082/measuring-aggregate-social-efficiency
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3166
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000012009_20031215145920
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2820082
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okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Vulnerability assessment and monitoring
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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