A Well-Being Indicator for the Italian Provinces a

Giorgio Calcagnini and Francesco Perugini

No 1608, Working Papers from University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics - Scientific Committee - L. Stefanini & G. Travaglini

Abstract: In recent years a large amount of works has been carried out with the aim to provide alternative meausures of progress and well-being to GDP. Given the multidimensional aspect of the phenomenon, most of these studies differs in terms of their theoretical approach as well as their purpose and statistical methodology used to de ne what wellbeing is and how to measure it. In this paper we construct a well-being indicator for the Italian (NUTS-3) provinces, following the approach used in Segre et al. (2001) for the construction of the regional (NUTS-2) QUARS indicator. The resulted well-being indicator shows a high degree of heterogeneity not only between provinces located in the North and the South part of Italy, but also among adjacent territories. An empirical model has been tested against possible well-being determinants. Our ndings suggest that social capital, social security programs, income, and grant-making activities by Bank Foundations positively affect provincial well-being. Length: 34 pages

Keywords: Well-being measure; Italian provinces; Civil society; Territorial disparities; Bank Foundation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 I31 R1 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016, Revised 2016
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