scholarly journals Suicide rates in the European Union Countries. An analysis from a multivariate approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Josué Gutiérrez-Barroso ◽  
Fernando Barragán-Medero ◽  
David Pérez-Jorge
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
European Union Countries

Suicide is one of the most important causes of death in the European Union Countries (EU) and is considered as a phenomenon which can be explained from a psychological, biological and social point of view. Objectives: This research will analyze the phenomenon of suicide in the European Union from a sociological point of view, with the aim of creating a multivariate model which explains such phenomenon. Method: Taking into account those data offered by the European Statistics Office (EUROSTAT), this study will try to explain, through the multiple linear regression model, suicide rates in European countries from demographic variables (number of inhabitants, divorce rate, ratio of women), economic variables (Gross Domestic Product (GDP), general government gross debt), social variables (government expenditure on social protection, population at risk of poverty) or educational variables (public expenditure on education and population with secondary education). Conclusions: A model to explain suicide rates in different countries was developed. This model was made up of two variables (percentage of people with secondary education and ratio of women), which account for 50% of the suicide rate.

The use of beta regression in the modelling of severe material deprivation indicator in the European Union countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Hanna Dudek
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
European Union ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Variable Interval ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Material Deprivation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Per Capita

The severe material deprivation rate indicates the proportion of the population that cannot fulfil at least four of the nine needs identified as basic ones in the European conditions. The study attempts to identify factors differentiating this indicator in the European Union countries. The parameters for regression beta models were estimated on the basis of data from the European Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for 2014. Such models are useful when the value of the dependent variable interval is included between 0 and 1. It was found that severe material deprivation rate is affected by such factors as: type of household, median equalized disposable income, at-risk-of-poverty rate, relative median at-risk-of-poverty gap, inequality of income distribution, long-term unemployment rate, GDP per capita, and share of social protection expenditure in GDP.

scholarly journals Evidence For Non-Linear Causality Between Public Spending And Income In The European Union Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Karagianni ◽  
Maria Pempetzoglou
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
National Income ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Normal Text ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Functional Forms ◽  
Post War

<p class="MsoSubtitle" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">This paper deploys the non-linear Granger causality methods in order to determine the causal relationship between national income and government expenditure in the European Union countries over the post-war time period. For this purpose, six alternative functional forms of Wagner&rsquo;s law have been adopted. The empirical results </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">indicate support for non-linear causality between income and government expenditure and they may prove useful theoretical and empirical research for the regulators and the policy makers. </span></span></p>

scholarly journals Government expenditure and agriculture: changes in agri-orientation of the European Union countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Michał Wielechowski ◽  
Łukasz Grzęda
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries

Celem artykułu jest ocena wahań wydatków z krajowych budżetów centralnych na rolnictwo, udziału wartości dodanej rolnictwa w PKB oraz poziomu zorientowania gospodarek narodowych na rolnictwo w krajach Unii Europejskiej w podziale na dojrzałe demokracje oraz postkomunistyczne państwa członkowskie UE. W badaniu został obliczony wskaźnik orientacji rolniczej (AOI). Wykorzystano dane pochodzące z Organizacji Narodów Zjednoczonych ds. Wyżywienia i Rolnictwa (FAO) oraz Banku Światowego. Badaniem został objęty okres 2001–2017 ze względu na dostępność danych. Wyniki zostały przedstawione głównie z wykorzystaniem metody świec japońskich. W większości krajów UE zaobserwowano zmniejszenie poziomu wydatków na rolnictwo w stosunku do innych kategorii krajowych wydatków publicznych. Spadek ten był dwukrotnie większy w dojrzałych demokracjach UE niż w krajach postkomunistycznych UE, chociaż pierwsza grupa krajów wydawała na rolnictwo cztery razy mniej. W prawie wszystkich państwach UE zaobserwowano zmniejszenie udziału rolnictwa w tworzeniu PKB, przeciętnie o ponad 20%. Postkomunistyczne kraje UE były bardziej zorientowane na rolnictwo niż dojrzałe demokracje UE. Biorąc pod uwagę poziomy AOI, rolnictwo nie należało do priorytetowej kategorii wydatków rządów krajowych UE. Widoczne różnice między dwiema analizowanymi grupami krajów mają swoje źródło w powojennym zróżnicowanym rozwoju gospodarczym będącym konsekwencją politycznej spuścizny. Przeprowadzone badanie ma charakter porównawczy i może stanowić przyczynek przyszłych badań

Balance-Sheet of European Social Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-598
Author(s):  
José Mª Gil Robles
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Social Policy ◽  
Subsidiarity Principle ◽  
Social Market

Specific competence of the European Union in the field of social security and social protection has been quite limited, as the Member States consider these two items as core subjects of national policies and appeal earnestly to subsidiarity principle to avoid European regulation. Influence of the E.U. has nevertheless been gradually and considerably increasing through the implementation of the Community rules on the internal market and competition. European social model is the so called “social market economy”, which means, in short, an economy ruled by a market whose transparency and fairness are guaranteed and controlled by the public powers. There is the will, at European level, to be able to achieve high economic and productivity growth, necessary to fuel recovery from crisis damages, while at the same time minimising so-called social failures, such as unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. The European Union addresses these areas as a matter of common concern and has a role in facilitating the exchange of information, data, best practices and research. The balance of European policies is in overall terms rather positive from the social point of view.

scholarly journals Government expenditure and economic growth in the European Union countries: New evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (36) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Pascual Sáez ◽  
Santiago Álvarez-García ◽  
Daniela Castañeda Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper provides new evidence of the impact of government spending on economic growth in the European Union countries. Governments can adjust their levels of spending in order to influence their economies, although the relationship between these variables can be positive or negative, depending on the countries included in the sample, the period of estimation and the variables which reflect the size of the public sector. The results obtained based on regression and panel techniques suggest that government expenditure is not clearly related with economic growth in the European Union countries over the period 1994-2012.

THREAT OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN RURAL AREAS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (3) ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Anna Rosa ◽  
Agnieszka Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Synthetic Index ◽  
European Union Countries

Social exclusion concerns all social and economic groups; however, it concerns chiefly the residents of rural areas rather than the residents of towns. The aim of this paper is to present the problem of social exclusion in rural areas in the European Union Countries. The authors in the study used the data available from Eurostat for EU Member States (NUTS-1). For the purpose of this research, a synthetic index was also prepared. The characteristics of social exclusion were based on objective factors, such as the scale of poverty, the level of unemployment and education. Analysis showed that the problem of social exclusion couldn’t be considered from the point of view of the countries of the “old” and the “new” Union. The analysis indicates that countries in Central and Eastern Europe, with a relatively well-educated population, are much more at risk of poverty than those living in Western Europe.

scholarly journals Estimation and Comparison of Underground Economy in Croatia and European Union Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Marsic ◽  
Dijana Oreški
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Underground Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Approach ◽  
Logic Approach ◽  
Fiscal And Monetary Policy

Underground economy (UE) is one of the undesired facts in every country. The size of the underground economy is an important parameter in determining the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policy, the rate of economic growth, and income distribution. From a scientific point of view analysis of the UE is faced with severe data problems because underground activities are not recorded and anyone engaged in it has an incentive to hide them. Therefore, economists have developed a variety of methods to estimate the size of the underground economy. The aim of this paper is to estimate and compare the size of the Croatian underground economy with the underground economy of European Union (EU) countries in the period of 2004 till 2012. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue in three ways. First, we review existing estimates of the size of the underground economy. Second, we apply a novel calculation method for estimation: fuzzy logic. Third, we calculated and compared underground economy index for 25 European Union countries and compared it, with special focus on Croatian underground economy index. Results indicated that Croatia has the thirteenth largest underground economy among measured members of the European Union. This study is the first of its kind with recent data to measure the size of underground economy in European Union countries by employing fuzzy logic approach.

Efficiency of materials management in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Aneta Masternak-Janus
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Dea Method ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure and evaluate the efficiency of materials management in the European Union countries (EU-28) during the period of 2008–2017. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted using the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA) and variables applied to determine the resource productivity indicator. Therefore, the components of domestic material consumption constituted inputs in the DEA method, while gross domestic product (GDP) was applied as an output. Findings The results of the analysis showed that the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Latvia and the UK are the efficiency leaders among all the member states of the European Union. One of the least efficient countries is Poland, which uses too much natural resources in the process of generating goods and services. However, this consumption is growing at a slower rate than the value of GDP, which is beneficial from the point of view of sustainable development. Poland, like other inefficient countries, should reduce its consumption of natural resources in line with the best international practices. Practical implications The obtained research results can be a valuable source of information for decision-makers, and contribute to the adoption of more effective policies in order to improve the relationship between materials consumption and economic growth. Originality/value The application of the DEA method for calculating the efficiency of materials management represents a new approach, and it is the first attempt of its kind in the European Union countries.

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