The definition and measurement of citizens’ well-being is developing a wide scientific debate at ... more The definition and measurement of citizens’ well-being is developing a wide scientific debate at international level both from theoretical and methodological point of view since they are considered in a multidimensional approach, abandoning the assumption that only the economic component is relevant . On this issue, economists, sociologists and statisticians are working together to define conceptual models and mathematical-statistical techniques that can measure it. Recently, the policy has shown great interest in linking the well-being indicators to the economic policy of national and local areas. In this regard, it seems important to calculate indicators up to a very small territorial level. The paper aims to present an experiment conducted on the municipalities of Basilicata where well-being indicators are calculated starting from administrative sources and big data; and then, composite indicators are computed in order to have a unidimensional measure that can help the policy mak...
In 2018, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the number of arrivals of internation... more In 2018, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the number of arrivals of international tourists worldwide reached 1.4 billion, which represents enormous potential for the sector and global economies. According to WTO, Italy is in the top ten of the countries with the greatest tourism competitiveness thanks above all to its natural and cultural resources. Today, in the globalized world, tourists are pressed by the opinion of travelers, the number of times that a location is mentioned and in which way influencers marketing consider it. The aim of this work is to create a composite indicator that allows us to evaluate the tourist competitiveness of Italian cities by evaluating both the data on the receptivity and the opinions of travelers. To do this, the official data of Istat have been taken together with Big Data, in particular information from the main holiday home platform and the opinions of travelers expressed on Twitter. Subjective and objective indicators have bee...
Promoting Understanding of Statistics about Society IASE Roundtable Conference
This paper describes and discusses an activity proposed to secondary school students to experienc... more This paper describes and discusses an activity proposed to secondary school students to experience the process of measuring well-being of society. The suggestion is part of a series of initiatives conducted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) to promote statistical literacy among young people. Students are required to reflect about well-being concepts, to operationalize well- being dimensions, to analyse and interpret well-being data, and to verbalise their statistical analysis. Data sets come from the Istat’s “Report on equitable and sustainable well-being” (BES) and contains over one hundred indicators concerning the fundamental dimensions of well-being and progress in Italy and its territories. Retracing the path to define and measure well-being, students become familiar with these issues and using real data they anchor the learning process to everyday life.
The definition and measurement of citizens’ well-being is developing a wide scientific debate at ... more The definition and measurement of citizens’ well-being is developing a wide scientific debate at international level both from theoretical and methodological point of view since they are considered in a multidimensional approach, abandoning the assumption that only the economic component is relevant . On this issue, economists, sociologists and statisticians are working together to define conceptual models and mathematical-statistical techniques that can measure it. Recently, the policy has shown great interest in linking the well-being indicators to the economic policy of national and local areas. In this regard, it seems important to calculate indicators up to a very small territorial level. The paper aims to present an experiment conducted on the municipalities of Basilicata where well-being indicators are calculated starting from administrative sources and big data; and then, composite indicators are computed in order to have a unidimensional measure that can help the policy mak...
In 2018, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the number of arrivals of internation... more In 2018, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the number of arrivals of international tourists worldwide reached 1.4 billion, which represents enormous potential for the sector and global economies. According to WTO, Italy is in the top ten of the countries with the greatest tourism competitiveness thanks above all to its natural and cultural resources. Today, in the globalized world, tourists are pressed by the opinion of travelers, the number of times that a location is mentioned and in which way influencers marketing consider it. The aim of this work is to create a composite indicator that allows us to evaluate the tourist competitiveness of Italian cities by evaluating both the data on the receptivity and the opinions of travelers. To do this, the official data of Istat have been taken together with Big Data, in particular information from the main holiday home platform and the opinions of travelers expressed on Twitter. Subjective and objective indicators have bee...
Promoting Understanding of Statistics about Society IASE Roundtable Conference
This paper describes and discusses an activity proposed to secondary school students to experienc... more This paper describes and discusses an activity proposed to secondary school students to experience the process of measuring well-being of society. The suggestion is part of a series of initiatives conducted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) to promote statistical literacy among young people. Students are required to reflect about well-being concepts, to operationalize well- being dimensions, to analyse and interpret well-being data, and to verbalise their statistical analysis. Data sets come from the Istat’s “Report on equitable and sustainable well-being” (BES) and contains over one hundred indicators concerning the fundamental dimensions of well-being and progress in Italy and its territories. Retracing the path to define and measure well-being, students become familiar with these issues and using real data they anchor the learning process to everyday life.
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