Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130225 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IWH Discussion Papers No. 13/2016
Publisher: 
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle (Saale)
Abstract: 
Using data from the OECD Regional Well-Being Index - a set of quality-of-life indicators measured at the sub-national level, we construct a set of composite well-being indices. We analyse the extent to which the choice of five alternative aggregation methods affects the well-being ranking of regions. We find that regional inequality in these composite measures is lower than regional inequality in gross-domestic product (GDP) per capita. For most aggregation methods, the rank correlation across regions appears to be quite high. It is also shown that using alternative indicators instead of GDP per capita would only have a small effect on the set of regions eligible for aid from EU Structural Funds. The exception appears to be an aggregation based on how individual dimensions of welfare relate to average life satisfaction across regions, which would substantially change both the ranking of regions and which regions would receive EU funds.
Subjects: 
well-being
regional economic policy
EU structural funds
composite index
JEL: 
C31
I31
R10
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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