Trends in Human Development Index of European Union

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 4, 68 - 79, 23.07.2016

Serpil Aktaş Derya Karagöz

Abstract

The Human Development Index is a measure of development index calculated from life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living. In this paper, Human Development Index data of European Union are collected for periods 1980-2013, and analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equations to investigate whether there is a trend through the years. Generalized Estimating Equations method is often employed to analyze longitudinal and other correlated response data does not require any multivariate distribution assumption

Keywords

Human Development Index, Generalized Estimating Equations, European Union

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