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Human Capital Index (HCI) - From Uncertainty to Robustness of Comparisons

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  • Touhami Abdelkhalek
  • Dorothee Boccanfuso

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In 2019, the World Bank adopted an index developed by Kraay (2018), the Human Capital Index (HCI)(WB, 2019). It combines demographic, education, and health dimensions on a complementary statistical and econometric basis. It is used by the World Bank in the area of human development for monitoring and comparison purposes, in time and space. By construction, the HCI is subject to statistical and econometric uncertainties that are not adequately captured by comparisons and are therefore, not robust. In this paper, we propose a systematic approach taking into account these simultaneous uncertainties using a projection method. We present its practical implementation to construct confidence intervals to the HCI that reflect these uncertainties. It appears that if confidence intervals overlap for two countries or for the same country over time, then comparisons would be inconclusive regardless of the ponctual estimates.

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  • Touhami Abdelkhalek & Dorothee Boccanfuso, 2021. "Human Capital Index (HCI) - From Uncertainty to Robustness of Comparisons," Working Papers 6, Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences.
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    Keywords

    HumanCapitalIndex(HCI); Uncertainty; Robustness; Comparisons; Projection methods;
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    JEL classification:

    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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