Dataset on the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare for the EU27 and beyond.

This dataset contains data about two ISEWs for the EU27, its individual Member States (MS), the UK and the US. Following Van der Slycken and Bleys (2023) (1), two variants of the ISEW are presented in this dataset: the ISEW_BCE accounts for the benefits and costs of the present and pasts activities experienced in the present and within a specific country (Benefits and Costs Experienced); the ISEW_BCPA accounts for the benefits and costs of present activities experienced in the present and in the future, both domestically and internationally (Benefits and Costs of Present economic Activities).

 

This document contains different datasets. Two datasets contain a summary of the values of the ISEWs and their components in ‘per capita’ terms. One summary presents the results for the EU27 (and MS) and the other one presents the results for the UK and the US (Non-EU countries). Additionally, each component is presented in some details in different pages, allowing to see the value of the different subcomponents included in each component (and even the value of some items with subcomponents for some components).

 

The period covered by this dataset is 1995-2020.

 

All the components are described in the accompanying table and in the report.

 

 

(1) Van der Slycken, J. and Bleys, B. (2023). Towards ISEW and GPI 2.0: Dealing with Cross-Time and Cross-Boundary Issues in a Case Study for Belgium. Social Indicators Research, 168(1):557-583.