Índice de bienestar evitando escalado y ponderaciones

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17981/cultedusoc.12.2.2021.11

Palabras clave:

Índice de bienestar, Significado geométrico, Prueba de inversión de tiempo, Indices de cadena

Resumen

Las medidas de bienestar existentes difieren en términos de número y formato de elementos, factores que se miden, métodos de agregación y no son comparables. Una medida de bienestar implica combinar un número n de indicadores y la calidad de la medida depende de las propiedades de los procedimientos de combinación adoptados. El artículo propone dos métodos de agregación sin supuestos para satisfacer las propiedades deseadas de un índice en términos de similitud de coseno y Media Geométrica (GM), evitando problemas asociados con el escalado de datos brutos y la elección de pesos. Se proporciona una ilustración empírica sobre la aplicación de las medidas propuestas. Los índices propuestos brindan una mejor admisibilidad de las operaciones y satisfacen propiedades como la prueba de inversión del tiempo, la formación de índices en cadena, el cálculo de la media del grupo y las pruebas estadísticas para la comparación en el tiempo y el espacio. El índice preferido se puede construir incluso para datos longitudinales asimétricos y ayuda a reflejar la trayectoria de mejora registrada por un país/región a lo largo del tiempo. Se prefiere el índice basado en GM debido a áreas de aplicación más amplias. El índice se puede utilizar además para clasificar países, subgrupos e incluso personas con morbilidad en términos de valores generales de bienestar. Se sugieren estudios futuros.

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Biografía del autor/a

Satyendra Nath Chakrabartty, Indian Ports Association, Indian Maritime University . Delhi (India)

Master en Estadística, Instituto de Estadística de la India (India). Ha impartido cursos de posgrado en el Instituto de Estadística de la India, la Universidad de Calcuta y  la Escuela de Negocios Galgotias (India)  Tiene más de 65 publicaciones. Después de servir en Kolkata Port Trust durante 25 años en varios puestos gerenciales, se unió a Mumbai Port Trust como Director (Planificación e Investigación) y posteriormente asumió el cargo de Director del Instituto Indio de Gestión Portuaria (India). Se retiró del cargo de Director, Campus de Calcuta de la Universidad Marítima de la India. Su asignación anterior fue Consultor, Asociación de Puertos de la India (India). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7687-5044

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2021-07-01

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Chakrabartty, S. N. (2021). Índice de bienestar evitando escalado y ponderaciones. Cultura Educación Sociedad, 12(2), 181–204. https://doi.org/10.17981/cultedusoc.12.2.2021.11