Convergence in Human Development across Districts of Pakistan: Evidence from Club Convergence Test

AbstractThis paper assesses the convergence in per capita income of a group of 18 Latin American countries over the period 1950–2008. We employ a novel regression based convergence test proposed by (Phillips, P. C. B., and D. Sul. 2007. “Transition Modeling and Econometric Convergence Tests.”

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Norms in Human Development

10.1017/cbo9780511489778 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

Human Development

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Intellectual Property and Human Development

10.1017/cbo9780511761027 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Human Development

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Women and Human Development

10.1017/cbo9780511841286 ◽

2000 ◽

Cited By ~ 2733

Author(s):

Martha C. Nussbaum

Keyword(s):

Human Development

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Human Development in the Life Course

10.1017/cbo9781139019804 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Tania Zittoun ◽

Jaan Valsiner ◽

Dankert Vedeler ◽

Joao Salgado ◽

Miguel M. Goncalves ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Human Development ◽

The Life Course

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What Does Human Development Index Rating Mean in Terms of Individualism/Collectivism?

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.8.2.97 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 97-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maria José Sotelo ◽

Luis Gimeno

Keyword(s):

Human Development ◽

Human Development Index ◽

Principal Component ◽

General Idea ◽

Development Index ◽

Low Levels ◽

The Relationship

The authors explore an alternative way of analyzing the relationship between human development and individualism. The method is based on the first principal component of Hofstede's individualism index in the Human Development Index rating domain. Results suggest that the general idea that greater wealth brings more individualism is only true for countries with high levels of development, while for middle or low levels of development the inverse is true.

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