Investigating Regional Disparities in Italy’s Well-Being Since Unification (1871–2011)

Francesco Maria Chelli (), Barbara Ermini (), Mauro Gallegati and Andrea Gentili
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Francesco Maria Chelli: Università Politecnica delle Marche & ISTAT
Barbara Ermini: Università Politecnica delle Marche

Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, 2023, vol. 9, issue 2, No 11, 697-722

Abstract: Abstract The paper investigates the wellbeing development of Italian regions since 1871. To this aim we use 4 aggregating methods (arithmetic mean, geometric mean, Leontief production functions, adjusted Mazziotta and Pareto index) to summarize 22 indicators over 6 domains of wellbeing from a multidimensional perspective; this approach allows us to assess differences arising from the adopted aggregation method. Over the 140 years under investigation and selected sub-periods we study $$\sigma $$ σ -, $$\gamma $$ γ - and $$\beta $$ β - convergence and we shed new light on the relative performance and historical development of Italian regions, with convergence occurring only in selected domains.

Keywords: Regional inequality; Convergence; Equitable and sustainable wellbeing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N94 Q01 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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