SWELLFER Seminar: “Forms and dynamics of multiple well-being and deprivation in contemporary Switzerland”
27 February 2014 @ 11:30
- Past event
Dr. Mario Lucchini
Abstract
This paper proposes the application of an innovative technique of clustering and projection – the Self-Organizing Map – in order to identify multidimensional patterns of well-being and deprivation in contemporary Switzerland. Starting from a rich set of non-monetary indicators from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), a topological map is extrapolated. This map is composed of a huge number micro-clusters that are subsequently grouped into four prototypical macro areas, each of which describes a specific profile. The analysis carried out indicates that one out of two Swiss enjoys a state of multidimensional well-being, one in four shows signs of financial vulnerability, one in eight is in a condition of psychological fragility, and a similar proportion is in a state of multiple deprivation. After having outlined the space of multidimensional patterns, the movements of the individuals have been reconstructed across seven waves and the roles of both ‘true path dependence’ and ‘individual heterogeneity’ have been measured.