This paper presents a composite index of early childhood health using a multivariate statistical approach. The index shows how child health varies across Colombian departments (administrative subdivisions). In recent years there has been growing interest in composite indicators as an efficient...

La Directiva Marco de Aguas exige la introducción de tarifas para la recuperación de los costes del agua. Este trabajo analiza las consecuencias de la hipotética implementación de diferentes formas de tarifación del agua de riego (por superficie, volumétrica, binómica y por tramos),...

This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components, thus making it a complex concept to which multi...

Missing data represent an important limitation for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development. This paper presents a new cross-country panel dataset with no missing value. We make use of a new method of multiple imputation that has recently been developed by Honaker and...

Composite indicators play an essential role for benchmarking higher education institutions. One of the main sources of uncertainty building composite indicators and, undoubtedly, the most debated problem in building composite indicators is the weighting schemes (assigning weights to the simple...

Regional inequalities are a topic which has timely occupied both the academic society as well as the directorate authorities. The different methodology approaches in solving the problem are offered for critical analysis and possible alterations. In this article, a composite weighted indicator of...

This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components, thus making it a complex concept to which multi...

Una classifica robusta della sostenibilità delle regioni italiane The current economic crisis can be seen as arising from a failure to address sustainability, which is not only about Naturre, but also about the society and the economy. This paper updates and further develops a previous piece of...

Una classifica robusta della sostenibilità delle regioni italiane The current economic crisis can be seen as arising from a failure to address sustainability, which is not only about Naturre, but also about the society and the economy. This paper updates and further develops a previous piece of...