Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of using non-income indicators and the self-organizing map (SOM) approach as an alternative analytical tool to map countries' welfare status. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from 27 countries of the East Asia-Pacific...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of using non-income indicators and the self-organizing map (SOM) approach as an alternative analytical tool to map countries' welfare status. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from 27 countries of the East Asia-Pacific...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of using non‐income indicators and the self‐organizing map (SOM) approach as an alternative analytical tool to map countries' welfare status. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from 27 countries of the East...