Rank-optimal Weighting Procedure and Replication Data for: How to be best in the OECD Better Life Index?

We provide a matlab script which computes rank-optimal weights for a given data matrix using the free SCIP optimization suite. Rank-optimal weights are weights which are used to make a weighted sum of all columns such that the value in a particular row achieves the highest possible rank. As an example, consider the OECD Better Life Index: We want to know weights for the eleven dimensions of a better life such that a particular countries jumps to the top of the ranking (or as high as possible). Datasets for the OECD Better Life Index 2013 and 2014 are provided to replicate the tables in the paper 'Rank-optimal weighting or \"How to be best in the OECD Better Life Index?\"'.