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Comparing Composite Indicators to measure Quality of Life: the Italian “Sole 24 Ore†case
Last modified: 2018-06-07
Abstract
The measure of Quality of Life is still a topic widely discussed in the
literature. In Italy, the newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore" publishes a famous ranking that highlights a strong disparity between Northern and Southern Italy areas. In this paper, some methods are compared in order to show how different types of normalization and aggregation can influence the results.
literature. In Italy, the newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore" publishes a famous ranking that highlights a strong disparity between Northern and Southern Italy areas. In this paper, some methods are compared in order to show how different types of normalization and aggregation can influence the results.
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Studies. (mimeo).
2. Felice E. (2013). Perché il Sud è rimasto indietro, Il Mulino, Bologna.
3. Giambona F. and Vassallo E. (2014). Composite Indicator of Social Inclusion for European
countries. Social Indicators Research, 116, 1, 269-293.
4. Giambona F. and Vassallo E. (2016). Composite Indicator of Social Inclusion for the EU
Countries. In: Alleva G. and Giommi A. (eds.) “Topics in Theoretical and Applied Statisticsâ€,
Springer, Berlin.
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7. ISTAT (2017b). Rapporto BES, Istat, Roma.
8. Mazziotta M. and Pareto A. (2017). Measuring Well-Being Over Time: The Adjusted Mazziotta–
Pareto Index Versus Other Non-compensatory Indices. Social Indicators Research, first online, doi:
10.1007/s11205-017-1577-5.
9. Munda G. and Nardo M. (2009). Noncompensatory/nonlinear composite indicators for ranking
countries: a defensible setting. Applied Economics, 41, 12, 1513-1523.
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11. OECD (2008). Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide.
Oecd, Paris.
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Analysis. Social Indicators Research, first online, doi: 10.1007/s11205-018-1854-y.
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York.
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London.
15. Zhou P., Ang B.W. and Poh K.L. (2007). A mathematical programming approach to constructing
composite indicators. Ecological Economics, 62, 291–297.
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