Convergence in regional well-being in the European Union, 2000–2021

The paper examines the changes in well-being across different regions in EU countries from 2000 to 2021. It evaluates a variety of indicators related to material, personal, and community well-being. The results suggest that assuming perfect substitutability among different dimensions can lead to ove...

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Published in:The Annals of regional science 2025-03, Vol.74 (1), p.18, Article 18
Main Authors: Gallo-Rivera, Maria-Teresa, Garrido-Yserte, Rubén, Boán-Garcés, José-Ramón, Mancha-Navarro, Tomás
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Convergence
Economic analysis
Economics
Economics and Finance
Environmental Economics
GDP
Geography
Gross Domestic Product
Inequality
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Microeconomics
Original Paper
Regional/Spatial Science
Regions
Social progress
Well being
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Summary:The paper examines the changes in well-being across different regions in EU countries from 2000 to 2021. It evaluates a variety of indicators related to material, personal, and community well-being. The results suggest that assuming perfect substitutability among different dimensions can lead to overestimating progress in regional well-being. Additionally, the study finds that the composite regional well-being index worsened from 2000 to 2014 but may have shown signs of improvement from 2014 to 2021. Also, no signs of convergence were found from 2000 to 2014; in contrast, the convergence path might have recovered from 2014 to 2021. However, the methods used to weigh different dimensions led to variations in regional well-being convergence or divergence patterns.
ISSN:0570-1864
1432-0592
DOI:10.1007/s00168-024-01334-6