Human Development Index: Changes in East Central Europe, 1913-2010
Human Development Index: Changes in East Central Europe, 1913-2010
Author(s): Stanislav Holubec, Béla TomkaSubject(s): Sociology, Economic history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Social development, Demography and human biology, Economic development
Published by: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Keywords: Human development index of East Central Europe; 20th century; measuring; labour and consumers; demography; education; health; welfare; income; wealth; religion; philanthropy;
Summary/Abstract: Studies on the long-term trends of quality of life, and more specifically, the Human Development Index (HDI), have thus far largely neglected East Central Europe, and the existing scholarship tends to be fragmented. The paper seeks to address these shortcomings in research by investigating the trends of the HDI in Poland, Czechoslovakia and its successor states, Czechia and Slovakia, as well as Hungary between 1913 and 2010 within a broader international context. The analysis is based on a new data set developed by the authors. The results demonstrate that the HDI performance of the later decades of state socialism was more moderate than it is commonly assumed.
Journal: Politická ekonomie
- Issue Year: 71/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 130-152
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English