There are different attempts to measure well-being on the national and international level (OECD Better Life Index, Human Development Index, Database of Happiness Research etc.). Are there similar studies on the regional level? We are trying to do such research for Salzburg and wonder if there are some examples.
Dear Prof. Markus Pausch,
As far as I know the Eurofound publishes data on regional quality of life within EU (27 Eu countries and 172 sub-national regions within them). This data has been utilized for research on Quality of Governance (that is my research interest), but i have a hard time looking for the similar study on determinants or effect of quality of life with a same data (I think it is strange that nothing comes up when so good data is out there). Important to mention is that this fall (September-October) a new data on Quality of life is coming and it will be comparable with previous editions allowing for panel data analysis. Here are the links http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/availability/index.htm
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php
All the best
Yes, there are several studies of well-being at regional/local level. See for example:
- http://www.well-beingindex.com/stateCongresDistrictRank.asp
- The European regional Human Development and Human Poverty Indices (see attachment).
Also, I am going to publish a multidimensional well-being index for Italian regions.
I know a German study called "Quality of life in the regions: an exploratory spatial data analysis for West German labor markets" by Karsten Rusche:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10037-009-0042-6?LI=true
Dear colleagues, thank you very much for these interesting links and information. We are starting a project on the regional well-being in Salzburg (Austria) in January 14 with a combination of survey data on different indicators of well-being; data on innovativeness of economic players and data on social coherence and social services... That's why the references you shared are very helpful! Hope to continue the discussions here...
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