IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v16y2024i23p10703-d1538098.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multivariate Analysis of the Sustainable Development of the Silver Economy in the European Union Countries

Author

Listed:
  • Beata Bieszk-Stolorz

    (Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Szczecin, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Dmytrów

    (Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Szczecin, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Ewa Frąckiewicz

    (Institute of Management, University of Szczecin, 71-004 Szczecin, Poland)

Abstract

The ageing of societies is one of the biggest challenges of the modern world. The response to this new reality is the development of the silver economy. It is a multidimensional concept that is an extremely important factor in sustainable development. The aim of this article is to compare EU countries according to selected aspects of the development of the silver economy. This study covered the years 2009–2021. It was conducted on the basis of data from the Eurostat database. This study used multivariate statistical analysis methods: k -means, COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) in a dynamic approach, Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and hierarchical clustering. EU countries differ in terms of the studied aspects of the silver economy in a north–south direction. In the period under study, there were significant changes in the country rankings and these changes were not the same for the EU countries. Also, most EU countries indicated improvements in terms of analyzed aspects of the silver economy. An innovative approach is the use of the COPRAS method in a dynamic approach, thanks to which it is possible to develop not only country rankings, but also to analyze the dynamics of changes.

Suggested Citation

  • Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Krzysztof Dmytrów & Ewa Frąckiewicz, 2024. "Multivariate Analysis of the Sustainable Development of the Silver Economy in the European Union Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-21, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:23:p:10703-:d:1538098
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/23/10703/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/23/10703/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Manuela Ortega-Gil & Chaima ElHichou-Ahmed & Antonio Mata-García, 2022. "Effects of Immigrants, Health, and Ageing on Economic Growth in the European Union," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Khare Ira & Rodrigues Lewlyn L.R. & Gulvady Samskrati & Bhakta Sudheer S. & Nair Girish K. & Hussain Anisa, 2023. "Impact of Business Intelligence on Company Performance: A System Dynamics Approach," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, vol. 23(2), pages 183-203, December.
    3. Wioletta Wierzbicka & Eliza Farelnik, 2024. "Population Aging and the Potential for Developing a Silver Economy in the Polish National Cittaslow Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-19, August.
    4. Klimczuk, Andrzej, 2016. "Comparative Analysis of National and Regional Models of the Silver Economy in the European Union," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-29.
    5. Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska & Edyta Dabrowska, 2018. "Cluster analysis of effectiveness of labour market policy in the European Union," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 9(1), pages 143-158, March.
    6. Eleftherios Thalassinos & Mirela Cristea & Gratiela Georgiana Noja, 2019. "Measuring active ageing within the European Union: implications on economic development," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 14(4), pages 591-609, December.
    7. Krzysztof Dmytrow & Beata Bieszk-Stolorz, 2019. "Mutual relationships between the unemployment rate and the unemployment duration in the Visegrad Group countries in years 2001–2017," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 14(1), pages 129-148, March.
    8. Hariolf Grupp, 1998. "Foundations of the Economics of Innovation," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1390.
    9. Giorgino, Toni, 2009. "Computing and Visualizing Dynamic Time Warping Alignments in R: The dtw Package," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 31(i07).
    10. Krzysztof Dmytrów & Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Joanna Landmesser-Rusek, 2022. "Sustainable Energy in European Countries: Analysis of Sustainable Development Goal 7 Using the Dynamic Time Warping Method," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-17, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Krzysztof Dmytrow & Beata Bieszk-Stolorz, 2021. "Comparison of changes in the labour markets of post-communist countries with other EU member states," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 16(4), pages 741-764, December.
    2. Krzysztof Dmytrów & Joanna Landmesser & Beata Bieszk-Stolorz, 2021. "The Connections between COVID-19 and the Energy Commodities Prices: Evidence through the Dynamic Time Warping Method," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-23, July.
    3. Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Krzysztof Dmytrów, 2023. "Decent Work and Economic Growth in EU Countries—Static and Dynamic Analyses of Sustainable Development Goal 8," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Krzysztof Dmytrów & Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Joanna Landmesser-Rusek, 2022. "Sustainable Energy in European Countries: Analysis of Sustainable Development Goal 7 Using the Dynamic Time Warping Method," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-17, October.
    5. Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Krzysztof Dmytrów, 2020. "Influence of Accession of the Visegrad Group Countries to the EU on the Situation in Their Labour Markets," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-16, August.
    6. Jyh-Wen Shiu & Chan-Yuan Wong & Mei-Chih Hu, 2014. "The dynamic effect of knowledge capitals in the public research institute: insights from patenting analysis of ITRI (Taiwan) and ETRI (Korea)," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 98(3), pages 2051-2068, March.
    7. Amato, Umberto & Antoniadis, Anestis & De Feis, Italia & Goude, Yannig & Lagache, Audrey, 2021. "Forecasting high resolution electricity demand data with additive models including smooth and jagged components," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 171-185.
    8. Malgorzata Gorzalczynska-Koczkodaj, 2023. "Intelligent Specializations as an Opportunity for Regional Development on the Example of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(4), pages 446-455.
    9. José Monteiro-Barata, 2005. "Innovation in the Portuguese Manufacturing Industry: Analysis of a Longitudinal Company Panel," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 11(3), pages 301-314, August.
    10. Mastroeni, Loretta & Mazzoccoli, Alessandro & Quaresima, Greta & Vellucci, Pierluigi, 2021. "Decoupling and recoupling in the crude oil price benchmarks: An investigation of similarity patterns," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    11. Battke, Benedikt & Schmidt, Tobias S. & Stollenwerk, Stephan & Hoffmann, Volker H., 2016. "Internal or external spillovers—Which kind of knowledge is more likely to flow within or across technologies," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 27-41.
    12. Philippe Aghion & Antoine Dechezleprêtre & David Hémous & Ralf Martin & John Van Reenen, 2016. "Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency, and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 124(1), pages 1-51.
    13. repec:kap:iaecre:v:11:y:2005:i:3:p:301-314 is not listed on IDEAS
    14. Annita Nugent & Ho Fai Chan & Uwe Dulleck, 2022. "Government funding of university-industry collaboration: exploring the impact of targeted funding on university patent activity," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(1), pages 29-73, January.
    15. Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Krzysztof Dmytrów, 2022. "Assessment of the Similarity of the Situation in the EU Labour Markets and Their Changes in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-20, March.
    16. Blind, Knut & Grupp, Hariolf, 1999. "Interdependencies between the science and technology infrastructure and innovation activities in German regions: empirical findings and policy consequences," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(5), pages 451-468, June.
    17. Beata Bieszk-Stolorz & Iwona Markowicz, 2022. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Situation of the Unemployed in Poland. A Study Using Survival Analysis Methods," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-19, October.
    18. Wen, KanKan & Alessa, Noha & Tawiah, Vincent, 2024. "The impact of Chinese investment on energy independence in Africa," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    19. Christoph J. Borner & Ingo Hoffmann & Jonas Krettek & Lars M. Kurzinger & Tim Schmitz, 2021. "Bitcoin: Like a Satellite or Always Hardcore? A Core-Satellite Identification in the Cryptocurrency Market," Papers 2105.12336, arXiv.org.
    20. Slawomir Pastuszka, 2023. "Spatial Diversification of the Demographic Situation in Great Britain and Its Determinants," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(4), pages 405-417.
    21. Petros Gkotsis & Antonio Vezzani, 2016. "Advanced Manufacturing Activities of Top R&D investors: Geographical and Technological Patterns," JRC Research Reports JRC101970, Joint Research Centre.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:23:p:10703-:d:1538098. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.