A DEA Approach to Measure the Quality-of-Life in the Municipalities of the Canary Islands

Martı́n, Juan Carlos; Mendoza, Cira

doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0096-7

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“…Recent examples are [18] for Italy, [19] for Estonia, and [20] for the Czech Republic. As for Spain, [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], have done so for different territories of the country. More recently, González et al [12] and Cárcaba et al [29] have tracked the evolution of municipal QoL in Spain between 2001 and 2011.…”

Section: Quality Of Life (Qol) As a Measure Of Social Progress In Munmentioning

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How Does Good Governance Relate to Quality of Life?

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This paper explores the relationship between the practices of good governance and the quality of life at the municipal level in Spain. A composite indicator of the quality of life of 393 Spanish municipalities in 2011 is estimated using varied statistical information. For this purpose, we follow a benefit of the doubt approach based on Data Envelopment Analysis. Then three dimensions of good governance are considered: transparency, participation, and accountability. The results show a significant positive relationship between quality of life and participation and financial accountability. However, transparency seems to be unrelated to quality of life.

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Section: Quality Of Life (Qol) As a Measure Of Social Progress In Munmentioning

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“…Despite the inclusion of cities with different population trajectories (both cities that faced population growth and cities that had population loss), these studies did not aim to explore the effect of group specificities on the results. In addition to these two studies, DEA was also used by González, Cárcaba, and Ventura (), González, Cárcaba, Ventura, and Garcia (), Cárcaba, González, and Ventura () and Martín and Mendoza () to compare Spanish municipalities. These studies included a diversity of municipal realities regarding population trajectories, but they were also not aimed at analysing group specific effects.…”

Section: Quality Of Life In Citiesmentioning

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Comparing the quality of life of cities that gained and lost population: An assessment with DEA and the Malmquist index

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Santos

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This study compares the quality of life (QoL) of cities that lost population with that of cities that gained population. A unique dataset composed of observations for 11 dimensions of QoL for all mainland Portuguese cities is used. By employing a non‐parametric approach (data envelopment analysis), and by using a Malmquist‐type index, this study identifies differences in QoL between the group of cities that lost population and the group of cities that gained population, as well as differences within each group. Despite the heterogeneity in cities that shrunk, this group presents, on average, higher QoL than cities that have grown.

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“…: the use of DEA in the measurement of life quality (Martín and Mendoza 2013) and community well-being (Bernini et al 2013), multiple-criteria approach to incorporate the opinion of various experts by means of a system of preference aggregation to measure sustainability in Spanish regions (Cabello et al 2014) and the composite index of sustainable development at the local scale achieved by Salvati and Carlucci (2014) using the Factor Weighting Model (FWM) originally proposed by Salvati and Zitti (2009) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) (Sharma 2008), among other studies.…”

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Sustainability Ranking for Cuban Tourist Destinations Based on Composite Indexes

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Tourism sustainability evaluation has become an important issue in the development of this economic industry due to its dependence on natural environment quality and social acceptance. The study shows different ways to measure sustainability by means of composite indicators obtained from an initial set of quantitative and qualitative information. The use of different aggregation methods makes it possible to create rankings and offers remarkable contributions to the decision making process. We use the combination of dissimilar algorithms such as DP 2 distance, Data Envelopment Analysis, Principal Component Analysis and Goal Programming to achieve these rankings and Borda Count to merge them into a single order to compare these destinations. Results shows & Víctor Pérez different ways to measure sustainability using the overall information contained in a set of initial indicators and represent an important contribution to composite indicator's building and for the formulation of new strategic actions, politics or other territorial or national projections.

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A DEA Approach to Measure the Quality-of-Life in the Municipalities of the Canary Islands

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

How Does Good Governance Relate to Quality of Life?

How Does Good Governance Relate to Quality of Life?

Comparing the quality of life of cities that gained and lost population: An assessment with DEA and the Malmquist index

Sustainability Ranking for Cuban Tourist Destinations Based on Composite Indexes

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