Sustainable economic development: The relation between economic growth and quality of life in V4 and Austria

IF 2.1 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Sociology Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.14254/2071-789x.2021/14-3/18

R. Rajnoha, P. Lesníková, Jozef Vahančík

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Abstract

DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2021/14-3/18 ABSTRACT. The future belongs to sustainability. It is becoming more important to achieve sustainable economic development. Therefore, in addition to the countries ́ economic performance, the continuous improvement of the quality of life should also be essential. The set topic is crucial, even necessary to achieve the ambitious goals of today's society in terms of sustainable economic development. The need for solution highlights the possible changes in the social aspect of economic development. Following this challenge, the objective of the paper is to evaluate the development of 26 quality of life indicators from selected 6 categories in the V4 countries and Austria as a research benchmark country between 2010-2019 and to identify the impact of the level of GDP on these indicators. The descriptive statistics and linear regression analysis are used. Most life quality indicators reveal that the level of the V4 countries is better than the EU 27 average or the same. In conclusion, 61.5% of variables in all countries related to research hypothesis was confirmed, which means that the GDP growth had a positive effect on the improvement of the quality of life within these variables. However, comparing to Austria as a highly developed country, a significant sustainable development gap can be still observed in V4.

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可持续经济发展:V4和奥地利经济增长与生活质量的关系

DOI: 10.14254 / 2071789 x。2021/14-3/18抽象。未来属于可持续发展。实现经济的可持续发展变得越来越重要。因此，除了国家的经济表现，生活质量的不断提高也应该是必不可少的。既定的主题对于实现当今社会在可持续经济发展方面的宏伟目标至关重要，甚至是必要的。解决问题的需要突出了经济发展的社会方面可能发生的变化。面对这一挑战，本文的目标是评估从V4国家和奥地利作为研究基准国的6个类别中选择的26个生活质量指标在2010-2019年间的发展，并确定GDP水平对这些指标的影响。采用描述性统计和线性回归分析。大多数生活质量指标显示，V4国家的水平优于欧盟27国的平均水平或相同。综上所述，所有国家与研究假设相关的变量中有61.5%被证实，这意味着在这些变量中，GDP增长对生活质量的改善有积极的影响。但是，与奥地利这个高度发达的国家相比，V4的可持续发展差距仍然很大。

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Economics & Sociology ECONOMICS-

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5.40

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24 weeks

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