Quality of life ranking of Spanish municipalities

  1. González Fidalgo, Eduardo 1
  2. Cárcaba García, Ana 1
  3. Ventura Victoria, Juan 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Revista de economía aplicada

ISSN: 1133-455X

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 19

Número: 56

Páginas: 123-148

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

La medición de la calidad de vida en municipios afronta dos grandes retos empíricos. En primer lugar, es necesario contar con indicadores relevantes que sean comparables entre municipios. En segundo lugar, debe utilizarse una metodología apropiada para agregar la información. Este trabajo mide la calidad de vida en los 643 municipios españoles con más de 10000 habitantes, aplicando el Value Efficiency Analysis (VEA). Los indicadores utilizados cubren áreas como el consumo, servicios sociales, vivienda, transporte, medio ambiente, mercado de trabajo, salud, cultura y ocio, educación y seguridad. El computo de índices VEA de supereficiencia permite construir un ranking completo de calidad de vida. Los resultados muestran que las regiones del norte y centro alcanzan los mayores niveles de calidad de vida. Es de destacar el hecho de que ninguna de las 10 ciudades más grandes de España entra en el TOP 50 del ranking.

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