Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/183194 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
KIT Working Paper Series in Economics No. 118
Publisher: 
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON), Karlsruhe
Abstract: 
Several devices in designing composite indicators for policy monitoring and benchmarking are discussed: weighting and scaling of variables, hierarchical organization, handling rank-based variables, relief tables, survey simulation techniques which combine normative and empirical data. Some remarks are made on survey design to facilitate constructing composite indicators.
Subjects: 
composite indicators
methodology of policy monitoring and benchmarking
hierarchy of indices
scaling
rank-based variables
relief tables
survey design
working conditions
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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