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Special topic - Weighting dimensions of well-being. Working Papers 18 - 26.

Working Paper 25: Willingness-to-pay and the equivalent approach. By Marc Fleurbaey. August 2008.

Working Paper 24: Deriving weights for the Index of Multiple Deprivation based on societal preferences: The application of a discrete choice experiment. By Verity Watson, Matt Sutton, Chris Dibben, and Mandy Ryan. August 2008.

Working Paper 22: Restricted and Unrestricted Hierarchy of Weights. By Lucio Esposito and Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti. August 2008.

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Working Papers

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Special topic - Weighting dimensions of well-being. Working Papers 18 - 26.

Working Paper 26: Robustness test. By James Foster, Marc McGillivray, and Suman Seth. August 2008. (coming soon)

Working Paper 25: Willingness-to-pay and the equivalent approach. By Marc Fleurbaey. August 2008.

Working Paper 24: Deriving weights for the Index of Multiple Deprivation based on societal preferences: The application of a discrete choice experiment. By Verity Watson, Matt Sutton, Chris Dibben, and Mandy Ryan. August 2008.

Working Paper 23: Investigating the impact of changing the weights that underpin the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 . By Chris Dibben, I. Atherton, M. Cox, Verity Watson, Mandy Ryan, and Matt Sutton. August 2008. (coming soon)

Working Paper 22: Restricted and Unrestricted Hierarchy of Weights. By Lucio Esposito and Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti. August 2008.

Working Paper 21: Characterizing weights in the measurement of multidimensional poverty: An application of data-driven approaches to Cameroonian data . By Aloysius Mom Njong and Paul Ningaye. August 2008.

Working Paper 20: What good is happiness? By Marc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert, and Koen Decancq. August 2008.

Working Paper 19: Expert opinion and participatory approaches to weighting. By David Clark and Sabina Alkire. August 2008. (coming soon)

Working Paper 18: Setting weights in multidimensional indices of well-being. By Koen Decancq and Maria Ana Lugo . August 2008.

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Working Paper 11: Development: "a misconceived theory can kill". By Sabina Alkire. April 2008.

Working Paper 10: Multidimensional Poverty Measures from an Information Theory Perspective. By Maria Ana Lugo and Esfandiar Maasoumi. April 2008.

Working Paper 9: Concepts and Measures of Agency. By Sabina Alkire. January 2008.

Working Paper 8: External Capabilities. By James Foster and Christopher Handy. January 2008.

Working Paper 7: Counting and Multidimensional Poverty. By Sabina Alkire and James Foster. Revised May 2008.

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Working Paper 6: Winning Ideas: Lessons from free-market economics. By Sabina Alkire and Angus Ritchie. September 2007

Working Paper 5: Psychological and Subjective Well-being: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. By Emma Samman. May 2007

Working Paper 4: Agency & Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. By Solava Ibrahim and Sabina Alkire. May 2007

Working Paper 3: The Ability to go about without Shame: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. By Diego Zavaleta. May 2007

Working Paper 2: Employment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. By Maria Ana Lugo. May 2007

Working Paper 1: Safety and Security: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators of Violence. By Rachael Diprose. May 2007

Working Paper 0: The Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: An Introduction. By Sabina Alkire. May 2007

OPHI circulates working papers for discussion at an early stage of development, and hence welcomes vigorous constructive comment. These working papers are still in-progress, and the final published version may vary significantly from this version.

If you are interested in browsing other unpublished manuscripts related to human development and the capability approach you may be interested in visiting the website of the Human Development and Capability Association.

Missing Dimensions: documents and technical notes

Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: Background Information (3 pages)

Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data: Indicators and Survey Modules (Last updated 26 June 2008. Includes the full text of the proposed survey modules for internationally comparable indicators).

Methodological Guidelines for Implementing and Analysing the Missing Dimensions surveys

Technical Notes on Use of the Employment Module

Technical Notes on Use of the Empowerment Module

Technical Notes on Use of the Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing Module

Dimensiones Faltantes de los Datos sobre la Pobreza: Una Propuesta de Indicadores Comparables a Nivel Internacional (Spanish translation of the proposed survey modules for internationally comparable indicators). (49 pages)

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