Is the European Social Progress Index robust? Implications for the design of European Union regional Cohesion Policy
检验了2020年欧洲社会进步指数对多种替代设计是否稳健，发现该指数与人均GDP正相关但不替代，可辅助凝聚政策资金分配。
The European Social Progress Index (EU-SPI) is a composite index launched by the European Commission in 2016 to assess social progress. It is constructed using non-economic indicators, and is intended to serve as a tool for European regional policies. This paper shows that the 2020 release of the index is robust to multiple alternative designs, and thus suitable for policymaking. The EU-SPI and gross domestic product per capita (GDPpc) are positively correlated, although they are in no way substitutes. These findings suggest that the EU-SPI could complement the GDPpc as an instrument to determine eligibility and achieve a more citizen-oriented allocation of European Cohesion Policy funds.