Methodological notes on composite indicators for monitoring working conditions

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.

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Year of publication:	2018
Authors:	Tangian, Andranik S.
Publisher:	Karlsruhe : Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON)
Subject:	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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Series:	KIT Working Paper Series in Economics ; 118
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.5445/IR/1000087354 [DOI] 1032405600 [GVK] hdl:10419/183194 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:kitwps:118 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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