Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement

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Volume 146, issue 3, 2019

A Development of the Human Development Index pp. 409-423

Niels Lind

Developing Thai Happiness Index pp. 425-448

Kalayanee Senasu, Arnond Sakworawich and Darlene F. Russ-Eft

Building Statistical Indicators of Equitable and Sustainable Well-Being in a Functional Framework pp. 449-471

Fabrizio Maturo, Antonio Balzanella and Tonio Di Battista

Which Income Inequality Influences Which Health Indicators? Analysis of the Income Inequality Hypothesis with Market and Disposable Gini Indicators pp. 473-485

Ki-tae Kim

Alone Together: Gender Inequalities in Couple Time pp. 487-509

Giacomo Vagni

Can Subjective Data Improve the Measurement of Inequality? A Multidimensional Index of Economic Inequality pp. 511-531

Philipp Poppitz

The Role of Cash Benefit and In-Kind Benefit Spending for Child Poverty in Times of Austerity: An Analysis of 22 European Countries 2006–2015 pp. 533-552

Mikael Nygård, Marja Lindberg, Fredrica Nyqvist and Camilla Härtull

The SOLA Model: A Theory-Based Approach to Social Quality and Social Sustainability pp. 553-580

Richard Pieper, Sakari Karvonen and Marja Vaarama

A Multi-dimensional Individual Well-Being Framework: With an Application to Older Australians pp. 581-608

Yuvisthi Naidoo

Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Fuzzy Clustering of the NUTS and Positioning of the Italian Regions with Respect to the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) Indicators with Contiguity Constraints pp. 609-650

Pierpaolo D’Urso, Livia De Giovanni, Riccardo Massari and Francesca G. M. Sica

Human Wellbeing and the Health of the Environment: Local Indicators that Balance the Scales pp. 651-667

Rebecca Patrick, Amy Shaw, Alison Freeman, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Justin Lawson, Mia Davison, Teresa Capetola and Calvin K. F. Lee

Does Community Level Trust Improve Self-Rated Welfare? pp. 669-697

Nazim Habibov, Alena Auchynnikava and Rong Luo

Determinants of Subjective Financial Well-Being Across Three Different Household Income Groups in Malaysia pp. 699-726

Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan, Rozaimah Zainudin, Mohd Edil Abd. Sukor, Fauzi Zainir and Wan Marhaini Wan Ahmad

Constructing Taiwan’s Active Aging Index and Applications for International Comparison pp. 727-756

Hui-Chuan Hsu, Jersey Liang, Dih-Ling Luh, Chen-Fen Chen and Li-Ju Lin

Quantifying Frailty in Older People at an Italian Local Health Unit: A Proposal Based on Partially Ordered Sets pp. 757-782

Margherita Silan, Giulio Caperna and Giovanna Boccuzzo

Correction to: Better for Everyone? Egalitarian Culture and Social Wellbeing in Europe pp. 783-783

Leonie C. Steckermeier and Jan Delhey

Correction to: Height, Literacy and Survival: A Composite Index of Wellbeing Based on Data from Military Recruitment (1880–1980) pp. 785-785

Antonio M. Linares-Luján and Francisco M. Parejo-Moruno

Correction to: Measuring Personal Economic Hardship and Its Impact on Political Trust During the Great Recession pp. 787-789

Raül Tormos

Volume 146, issue 1, 2019

Socio-Economic Indicators for Performance Evaluation and Quality Assessment: Statistical Methods and Applications pp. 1-5

Matilde Bini, Maurizio Carpita, Donato Posa and Pasquale Sarnacchiaro

Concomitant-Variable Latent-Class Beta Inflated Models to Assess Students’ Performance: An Italian Case Study pp. 7-18

Marco Centoni, Vieri Del Panta, Antonello Maruotti and Valentina Raponi

Testing Equality of Functions Across Multiple Experimental Conditions for Different Ability Levels in the IRT Context: The Case of the IPRASE TLT 2016 Survey pp. 19-39

Fabrizio Maturo, Francesca Fortuna and Tonio Di Battista

Identifying Students at Risk of Academic Failure Within the Educational Data Mining Framework pp. 41-60

Annalina Sarra, Lara Fontanella and Simone Zio

How Do Students Evaluate Instructors’ Performance? Implication of Teaching Abilities, Physical Attractiveness and Psychological Factors pp. 61-76

Sharon Tan, Evan Lau, Hiram Ting, Jun-Hwa Cheah, Biagio Simonetti and Tan Hiok Lip

How Reliable are Students’ Evaluations of Teaching (SETs)? A Study to Test Student’s Reproducibility and Repeatability pp. 77-89

Amalia Vanacore and Maria Sole Pellegrino

Do Quality of Services and Institutional Image Impact Students’ Satisfaction and Loyalty in Higher Education? pp. 91-115

Lucio Masserini, Matilde Bini and Monica Pratesi

External Information Model in a Compositional Perspective: Evaluation of Campania Adolescents’ Preferences in the Allocation of Leisure-Time pp. 117-133

Maria Anna Di Palma and Michele Gallo

A New Relative Importance Index of Evaluation for Conjoint Analysis: Some Findings for CRM Assistant pp. 135-148

Paolo Mariani, Andrea Marletta and Mariangela Zenga

A Multilevel Multinomial Model for the Dynamics of Graduates Employment in Italy pp. 149-168

Sandra De Iaco, Sabrina Maggio and Donato Posa

Cross-Country Assessment of Systemic Risk in the European Stock Market: Evidence from a CoVaR Analysis pp. 169-186

Lea Petrella, Alessandro G. Laporta and Luca Merlo

A Network-Based Measure of the Socio-Economic Roots of the Migration Flows pp. 187-204

Roy Cerqueti, Gian Paolo Clemente and Rosanna Grassi

Detecting Public Social Spending Patterns in Italy Using a Three-Way Relative Variation Approach pp. 205-219

Violetta Simonacci and Michele Gallo

Which are the Factors Influencing Innovation Performances? Evidence from Italian Cohesion Policy pp. 221-247

Roberta Arbolino, Raffaele Boffardi and Luisa De Simone

A Generalized Estimating Equation in Longitudinal Data to Determine an Efficiency Indicator for Football Teams pp. 249-261

Anna Crisci, Luigi D’Ambra and Vincenzo Esposito

The Easterlin Paradox in Italy, or the Paradox in Measuring? Define Happiness Before Investigating It pp. 263-285

Fabrizio Antolini and Biagio Simonetti

The MIMIC–CUB Model for the Prediction of the Economic Public Opinions in Europe pp. 287-305

Maurizio Carpita, Enrico Ciavolino and Mariangela Nitti

Ranking Nursing Homes’ Performances Through a Latent Markov Model with Fixed and Random Effects pp. 307-326

Giorgio E. Montanari and Marco Doretti

Quality Assessment of the Oncology Health Service in a Public Hospital pp. 327-343

Monica Palma, Veronica Distefano and Alessandra Spennato

Do UNESCO World Heritage Sites Influence International Tourist Arrivals? Evidence from Italian Provincial Data pp. 345-359

Elina Simone, Rosaria Rita Canale and Amedeo Maio

Measuring Tourist Satisfaction Through a Dual Approach: The 4Q Methodology pp. 361-382

Antonino Oliveri, Gabriella Polizzi and Anna Maria Parroco

Analyzing Customer Requirements to Select a Suitable Service Configuration Both for Users and for Company Provider pp. 383-394

Antonello D’Ambra, Pietro Amenta and Antonio Lucadamo

The Efficiency of the Italian Judicial System: A Two Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach pp. 395-407

Eugenia Nissi, Massimiliano Giacalone and Carlo Cusatelli

Volume 145, issue 3, 2019

Patronage and Public Goods Provisioning in an Unequal Land pp. 805-830

Hadia Majid and Rashid Memon

Iran’s Multi-ethnic Mosaic: A 23-Year Perspective pp. 831-859

Mahdi Majbouri and Sanaz Fesharaki

Vertical and Horizontal Inequality in Ecuador: The Lack of Sustainability pp. 861-900

Ivan Gachet, Diego Grijalva, Paúl A. Ponce and Damián Rodríguez

Inequality in Education and Wealth in Tanzania: A 25-Year Perspective pp. 901-921

Emmanuel Maliti

Inequality Between Whom? Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the Philippines pp. 923-942

Omar Shahabudin McDoom, Celia Reyes, Christian Mina and Ronina Asis

Does Horizontal Inequality Matter in Vietnam? pp. 943-956

Thi Thu Hoai Dang

Correction to: Patronage and Public Goods Provisioning in an Unequal Land pp. 957-957

Hadia Majid and Rashid Memon

Correction to: Iran’s Multi-ethnic Mosaic: A 23-Year Perspective pp. 959-959

Mahdi Majbouri and Sanaz Fesharaki

Correction to: Vertical and Horizontal Inequality in Ecuador: The Lack of Sustainability pp. 961-961

Ivan Gachet, Diego Grijalva, Paúl A. Ponce and Damián Rodríguez

Correction to: Inequality in Education and Wealth in Tanzania: A 25-Year Perspective pp. 963-963

Emmanuel Maliti

Correction to: Inequality Between Whom? Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the Philippines pp. 965-965

Omar Shahabudin McDoom, Celia Reyes, Christian Mina and Ronina Asis

Correction to: Does Horizontal Inequality Matter in Vietnam? pp. 967-967

Thi Thu Hoai Dang

Correction to: Horizontal Inequality and Data Challenges pp. 969-984

Carla Canelas and Rachel Gisselquist

Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Bicycling Behavior: A Big Data-Spatial Approach Based on Social Indicators pp. 985-999

Shukui Tan, Yi Zhao and Wenke Huang

Measuring Multi-group Polarization, Segmentation and Ambiguity: Increasingly Unequal Yet Similar Constituent Canadian Income Distributions pp. 1001-1032

Gordon Anderson and Jasmin Thomas

Ethnic Diversity and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Institutions Reduce the Noise? pp. 1033-1062

Kazeem Ajide, Olorunfemi Alimi and Simplice Asongu

Does Institutional Quality Matter for Multidimensional Well-Being Inequalities? Insights from Italy pp. 1063-1105

Antonella Ferrara and Rosanna Nisticò

Can Rural Development Be Measured? Design and Application of a Synthetic Index to Portuguese Municipalities pp. 1107-1123

I. Abreu, J. M. Nunes and F. J. Mesias

The Importance of Variables in Composite Indices: A Contribution to the Methodology and Application to Development Indices pp. 1125-1160

Martin Schlossarek, Miroslav Syrovátka and Ondřej Vencálek

Volume 145, issue 2, 2019

Measurement and Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 459-478

Ke-Mei Chen, Chao-Hsien Leu and Te-Mu Wang

A New Extension of Bourguignon and Chakravarty Index to Measure Educational Poverty and Its Application to the OECD Countries pp. 479-501

Juan-Francisco Sánchez-García, María-del-Carmen Sánchez-Antón, Rosa Badillo-Amador, María-del-Carmen Marco-Gil, Juan Vicente Llinares and Susana Álvarez-Díez

On the Interaction Between Focus and Distributional Properties in Multidimensional Poverty Measurement pp. 503-521

Suman Seth and Maria Emma Santos

Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Objective Economic Conditions: Czechia and Slovakia a Quarter Century After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia pp. 523-550

Martina Mysíková, Tomas Zelinsky, Thesia Garner and Jiri Vecernik

Community Trust: A Social Indicator Related to Community Engagement pp. 551-579

Immacolata Di Napoli, Pasquale Dolce and Caterina Arcidiacono

One Size Does Not Fit All: Alternative Values-Based ‘Recipes’ for Life Satisfaction pp. 581-613

Bruce Headey and Gert Wagner

How Schools Enhance the Development of Young People’s Resilience pp. 615-627

Michael Ungar, Gerry Connelly, Linda Liebenberg and Linda Theron

Parents and Children’s Coping: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Early Years pp. 629-640

Erica Frydenberg, Jan Deans and Rachel Liang

“It’s for Our Education”: Perception of Parental Migration and Resilience Among Left-behind Children in Rural China pp. 641-661

Shu Hu

Ethnic Minority Educational Success: Understanding Accomplishments in Challenging Settings pp. 663-701

Quang Trieu and Rukmalie Jayakody

Academic Resilience in Rural Chinese Children: Individual and Contextual Influences pp. 703-717

Haibin Li and Wei-jun Jean Yeung

Academic Resilience Among Children from Disadvantaged Social Groups in India pp. 719-739

Dhiman Das

“Lose at the Starting Line, Win at the Finishing Line”: The Narratives Behind Beating Academic Adversity pp. 741-753

Wai-chi Chee

Local Decentralization and the Quality of Public Services in Europe pp. 755-776

Andreas Kyriacou and Oriol Roca-Sagalés

A Hierarchical Measurement Model of Perceived Resilience of Urban Tourism Destination pp. 777-804

Shanshan Dai, Honggang Xu and Fangfang Chen

Volume 145, issue 1, 2019

Is the Validity of Cost Utility Analysis Improved When Utility is Measured by an Instrument with ‘Home-Country’ Weights? Evidence from Six Western Countries pp. 1-15

Munir A. Khan and Jeff Richardson

Conceptualizing and Measuring Financial Resilience: A Multidimensional Framework pp. 17-38

Fanny Salignac, Axelle Marjolin, Rebecca Reeve and Kristy Muir

Material Deprivation and Working Poor in Hong Kong pp. 39-66

Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung, Wai-Sum Chan and Kee-Lee Chou

When It Rains, It Pours? Analyzing the Rainfall Shocks-Poverty Nexus in the Philippines pp. 67-93

Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy and Lora Kryz Baje

Spatial Change in the Concentration of Multidimensional Poverty in Gauteng, South Africa: Evidence from Quality of Life Survey Data pp. 95-115

Samy Katumba, Koech Cheruiyot and Darlington Mushongera

Inequality Versus Inclusion in US Cities pp. 117-156

Christina Stacy, Brady Meixell and Tanaya Srini

Multidimensional Wellbeing Inequality in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Vietnam pp. 157-183

Phuc Phan and Martin O’Brien

Work in Transition: Labour Market Life Expectancy and Years Spent in Precarious Employment in Spain 1986–2016 pp. 185-200

Mariona Lozano and Elisenda Rentería

Employment and Earnings Expectations of Jobless Young Skilled: Evidence from Italy pp. 201-231

Chiara Binelli

Developing a Cross-National Comparative Framework for Studying Labour Market Segmentation: Measurement Equivalence with Latent Class Analysis pp. 233-255

Martin Lukac, Nadja Doerflinger and Valeria Pulignano

Adult Children’s Education and Later-Life Health of Parents in China: The Intergenerational Effects of Human Capital Investment pp. 257-278

Nan Jiang

Measuring Overeducation: Incidence, Correlation and Overlaps Across Indicators and Countries pp. 279-301

Queralt Capsada-Munsech

Cross-National Comparison on Family Satisfaction: Super-Specialization Versus Super-Equality pp. 303-327

Verónica Miguel-Luken

How to Enhance Social Participation and Well-Being in (Formerly) Homeless Clients: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach pp. 329-348

Miranda Rutenfrans-Stupar, Tine Regenmortel and René Schalk

Dimensions of Social Stratification and Their Relation to Mortality: A Comparison Across Gender and Life Course Periods in Finland pp. 349-365

Rasmus Hoffmann, Hannes Kröger, Lasse Tarkiainen and Pekka Martikainen

Valuation of Air Quality in Chile: The Life Satisfaction Approach pp. 367-387

Yenniel Mendoza, Roger Loyola, Alonso Aguilar and Roberto Escalante

Inequality of Opportunity in Indian Women pp. 389-413

Akanksha Choudhary, Gowtham T. Muthukkumaran and Ashish Singh

A New Measure of Transport Disadvantage for the Developing World Using Free Smartphone Data pp. 415-435

Francisco Benita

Transforming Economic Growth into Inclusive Development: An International Analysis pp. 437-457

Albino Prada and Patricio Sánchez-Fernández