Índices sintéticos de bienestar y sostenibilidad por Comunidades Autónomas

Resumen

This work estimates, for the first time, two synthetic indexes for the Spanish regions (Comunidades Autónomas): well-being and sustainability. The starting point has been the Better Life Index (OECD and own calculations) and the Index of Sustainability (Happy Planet Index and ecological footprint). The results show that there are no clear correspondences between regional GDP, well-being and sustainability, and also reflect the negative influence of ecological impacts on well-being levels. The interest of this preliminary analysis is rating in a more complete way the progress of societies, and contribute to design and evaluate policies that improve the well-being and sustainability.