Hacia una medida de bienestar social en los municipios de la Comunidad Autónoma de Euskadi

  1. Jon Olaskoaga-Larrauri 1
  2. Ana Fernández-Sainz 1
  3. Auxkin Galarraga-Ezponda 2
  1. 1 Facultad de Economía y Empresa UPV/EHU
  2. 2 Facultad de Derecho UPV/EHU
Journal:
Ekonomiaz: Revista vasca de economía

ISSN: 0213-3865

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Crecimiento inclusivo y bienestar social

Issue: 101

Pages: 72-103

Type: Article

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Abstract

Conventional indicators for economic development, such as GDP per capita, are suffering from severe obsolescence and being replaced by other measures of well-being. This paper proposes a composite index that measures social well-being in the municipalities of the Basque Country. The methods used for scale transformation and normalization allows both cross-sectional (between municipalities) and longitudinal comparisons (between different moments of time). With the results obtained, Basque population has been classified according to the level of well-being in their municipality of residence. The research also provides evidence that well-being has increased in the Basque Country between 2001 and 2020, and tends to converge in the same period.

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