The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provincesand Territories, 2000-2011
This report develops internationally comparable estimates of the Human Development Index (HDI) for the Canadian provinces and territories over the 2000-2011 period. The HDI is a composite index composed of three dimensions (life expectancy, education and income) measured by four indicators (life exp...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:sls:resrep:1202 2023-05-15T17:48:03+02:00 The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provincesand Territories, 2000-2011 Elspeth Hazell Kar-Fai Gee Andrew Sharpe http://www.csls.ca/reports/csls2012-02.pdf unknown http://www.csls.ca/reports/csls2012-02.pdf preprint ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:34:28Z This report develops internationally comparable estimates of the Human Development Index (HDI) for the Canadian provinces and territories over the 2000-2011 period. The HDI is a composite index composed of three dimensions (life expectancy, education and income) measured by four indicators (life expectancy at birth, average years of education, expected years of schooling and GNI per capita). This report first tries to replicate the Canadian data found in the 2011 Human Development Report (HDR). Then, estimates for the provinces and territories are developed by following the same methodology and using the same Canadian data sources. These estimates are made internationally comparable by taking the proportion that each province or territory’s estimate represents of the comparable estimate for Canada and applying this ratio to the official estimate given for Canada in the 2011 HDR. This allows the provinces and territories to be ranked in the 2011 HDR international rankings for all four component variables as well as the overall HDI. The highest HDI score in 2011 among the provinces and territories belongs to Alberta, which would be third in the international rankings, while the lowest ranking region is Nunavut, which would be in 38th place. Thus, this report highlights the diverse human development experiences that are concealed by Canada’s overall HDI. Report Nunavut RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada Nunavut |
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This report develops internationally comparable estimates of the Human Development Index (HDI) for the Canadian provinces and territories over the 2000-2011 period. The HDI is a composite index composed of three dimensions (life expectancy, education and income) measured by four indicators (life expectancy at birth, average years of education, expected years of schooling and GNI per capita). This report first tries to replicate the Canadian data found in the 2011 Human Development Report (HDR). Then, estimates for the provinces and territories are developed by following the same methodology and using the same Canadian data sources. These estimates are made internationally comparable by taking the proportion that each province or territory’s estimate represents of the comparable estimate for Canada and applying this ratio to the official estimate given for Canada in the 2011 HDR. This allows the provinces and territories to be ranked in the 2011 HDR international rankings for all four component variables as well as the overall HDI. The highest HDI score in 2011 among the provinces and territories belongs to Alberta, which would be third in the international rankings, while the lowest ranking region is Nunavut, which would be in 38th place. Thus, this report highlights the diverse human development experiences that are concealed by Canada’s overall HDI. |
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The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provincesand Territories, 2000-2011 |
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The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provincesand Territories, 2000-2011 |
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The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provincesand Territories, 2000-2011 |
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