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The ESG Determinants of Mental Health Index Across Italian Regions: A Machine Learning Approach

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  • Emanuela Resta

    (Unifg - Università degli Studi di Foggia = University of Foggia)

  • Giancarlo Logroscino

    (UNIBA - Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro = University of Bari Aldo Moro)

  • Silvio Tafuri
  • Peter Preethymol
  • Chiara Noviello
  • Alberto Costantiello

    (LUM University Giuseppe Degennaro)

  • Angelo Leogrande

    (LUM University Giuseppe Degennaro)

Abstract

The following article analyses the relationship between the mental health index and the variables of the Environment, Social and Governance-ESG model in the Italian regions between 2004 and 2023. First of all, a static analysis is proposed aimed at identifying trends relating to mental health in the Italian regions with indication of the regional gaps. Subsequently, a clustering with k-Means algorithm is proposed. Below is a comparison of 11 machine learning algorithms for predicting the performance of the mental health index. Finally, the article offers some economic policy suggestions. The results are critically discussed in light of the scientific literature.

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  • Emanuela Resta & Giancarlo Logroscino & Silvio Tafuri & Peter Preethymol & Chiara Noviello & Alberto Costantiello & Angelo Leogrande, 2024. "The ESG Determinants of Mental Health Index Across Italian Regions: A Machine Learning Approach," Working Papers hal-04612979, HAL.
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    Keywords

    Mental Health Index Machine Learning ESG Regional Inequalities. JEL CODE: I11 I12 I13 I14 I15 I18; Mental Health Index; Machine Learning; ESG; Regional Inequalities. JEL CODE: I11; I12; I13; I14; I15; I18;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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