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Measuring Social Progress

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  • Koen Decancq
  • Erik Schokkaert

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In this chapter, we provide a critical review of the literature on social progress from a prioritarian perspective. We give special attention to the choice of the measure of individual well-being and the aggregation method across individuals in our discussion of various methods that have been proposed in the literature. We present the “growth incidence curve” as a useful device to chart social progress. We illustrate with empirical results for Russia in the period 1995-2005.

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  • Koen Decancq & Erik Schokkaert, 2021. "Measuring Social Progress," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven 668197, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:ceswps:668197
    Note: paper number DPS21.02
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    Social progress; social condition; prioritarian social evaluations; preferences; growth incidence curve;
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