Ranking Quality of Life in the European Union

M. Grasso and Stefano Pareglio

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2007, vol. 115, issue 2, 243-263

Abstract: This article provides a multi-dimensional index for evaluating well-being in the EU. It begins with an overview of an analytical approach that goes beyond utilitarianism: Dasgupta’s quality of life framework, which is defined according to the goals of EU policies and based on a set of indicators that are both constituents and determinants of well-being. This framework is then used to draw up an index, based on a Borda ranking, of the EU member countries in terms of their economic and social well-being. This is followed by discussion of the correlation between the ranking and the indicators selected

Keywords: Borda ranking; European Union; quality of life; well-being. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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