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Comparing Composite Indicators to measure Quality of Life: the Italian “Sole 24 Ore” case

2018

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.

Quality of Life Composite Indicators BoD approach standardizationSettore SECS-S/03 - Statistica EconomicaSettore SECS-S/01 - Statistica
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A BoD Composite Indicator to Measure the Italian “Sole 24 Ore” Quality of Life

2023

The measure of Quality of Life (QoL) is still a topic widely discussed in literature. In Italy, the newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore” publishes a famous ranking that highlights strong disparities among provinces. In this paper, “Il Sole 24 Ore” and BoD-DEA methods are compared in order to show how different types of normaliza- tion and aggregation significantly influence the results making these rankings very fragile and questionable.

Settore SECS-S/03 - Statistica EconomicaQuality of life Composite indicators BoD approach Non-compensatory aggregationSettore SECS-S/01 - Statistica
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