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Is there a two-speed europe also in the well-being? - Esiste un’Europa a due velocità anche nel benessere ?

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Eurostat databases provide forty indicators relevan t to measure the well-being in different countries. In this paper we propose to identify dif ferent levels of wellbeing in two European areas, by the analysis of a sample of Centre-North Europe (Sweden, Germany, France, Britain and the Netherlands, which are among the most advan ced states), and a sample of Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece). The goal of the research is to grasp and quantify t he specificities of these countries in a phase when inequalities grow. We have represented w elfare through 11 dimensions based on 77 variables and analyzed the differences in each of t hem between the countries in the two areas by Pena's Distance and MPI, two different methodologie s – parametric and non-parametric – that allow the combination of variables in a way consist ent with our objective. - Il presente studio è rivolto a misurare e valutare il livello di benessere all’interno dei paesi dell’Unione Europea, volgendo l’attenzione in parti colare a un campione del Centro-Nord (Svezia, Germania, Francia, Gran Bretagna e Paesi B assi, che rappresentano nazioni fra le più avanzate dell’UE), ed a un campione di paesi dell’a rea mediterranea (Italia, Spagna, Portogallo e Grecia). Scopo della ricerca è cogliere e quantifi care gli aspetti specifici di questi Paesi in una fase di crescente diseguaglianza. Abbiamo rappresen tato il benessere attraverso 11 dimensioni basate su 77 variabili ed analizzato le differenze in ognuna di esse tra i paesi in esame nelle due aree, attraverso la Pena’s Distance e l’MPI: due di fferenti metodologie (rispettivamente parametrica e non parametrica) che permettono l’agg regazione delle variabili in modo coerente rispetto all’obiettivo prefissato.

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  • Ivaldi, Enrico & Bonatti, Guido & Soliani, Riccardo, 2016. "Is there a two-speed europe also in the well-being? - Esiste un’Europa a due velocità anche nel benessere ?," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 69(1), pages 45-68.
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    Keywords

    European Union; Multidimensional Well-being; Composite Index; MPI; Pena’s Distance;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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