The Impact of Employment Quality and Housing Quality on Human Development in the European Union

Marina Checa-Olivas, Bladimir de la Hoz-Rosales and Rafael Cano-Guervos
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Marina Checa-Olivas: Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cadiz, Spain
Bladimir de la Hoz-Rosales: Economics Programme, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta 470004, Colombia
Rafael Cano-Guervos: Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business, University of Granada, 18070 Granada, Spain
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: rafael cano guervós, Sr. ()

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: This study aims to contribute new information on how and through which factors employment quality and housing quality can be improved from a human development approach so that people can live the life they want. Using the human capabilities approach as a theoretical reference framework, the article analyses the effect of involuntary part-time employment and overcrowded housing on the Human Development Index (HDI). The empirical analysis is based on the panel data technique, which is applied to data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the 28 member countries of the European Union. The results shed new evidence on how involuntary part-time work and overcrowded housing limit or hinder people from living the lives they want, at least in the dimensions measured by the HDI.

Keywords: human development; human capabilities approach; involuntary part-time work; overcrowding rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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