Abstract
The aim of this paper is measure social welfare in Spanish provinces. To achieve this, we use the distance method P2 to compose a synthetic indicator of welfare for 2007, the last year for which data are available. The index comprises information
on different social indicators from various life domains and enables a classification of Spanish provinces, as well as a study
of the impact of each individual indicator in order to determine provincial disparities in social welfare levels.
on different social indicators from various life domains and enables a classification of Spanish provinces, as well as a study
of the impact of each individual indicator in order to determine provincial disparities in social welfare levels.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-23
- DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0005-0
- Authors
- Pilar Zarzosa Espina, Department of Applied Economy, Faculty of Economics, University of Valladolid, Avd. Valle Esgueva, nº 6, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
- Noelia Somarriba Arechavala, Department of Applied Economy, Faculty of Social, Communication and Legal Sciences, University of Valladolid, C\Trinidad, 3, 40001 Segovia, Spain
- Journal Social Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1573-0921
- Print ISSN 0303-8300