{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-02-17","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Brian Stacy","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"bstacy@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Ritika D'Souza","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"rdsouza@worldbank.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+) 2025","idno":"FR_WLD_2026_561"},"data_statement":"Some data is not yet publicly available but is expected to be made available through the Development Data Hub in the future.","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"19.5"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+) 2025","date":"2026-02","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"FR_WLD_2026_561","zip_package":"FR_WLD_2026_561.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2026-02-17","abstract":"The Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+) converts health, education, and labor market indicators into a common metric of expected lifetime productivity, measured as the expected contribution to log earnings. 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