The Mental Health Index across the Italian Regions in the ESG Context

Resta, Emanuela and Logroscino, Giancarlo and Tafuri, Silvio and Preethymol, Peter and Noviello, Chiara and Costantiello, Alberto and Leogrande, Angelo (2024): The Mental Health Index across the Italian Regions in the ESG Context.

Abstract

The following article analyses the relationship between the mental health index and the variables of the Environment, Social and Governance-ESG model in the Italian regions between 2004 and 2023. The econometric analysis is aimed at investigating in detail the relationships between the mental health index and the individual components of the ESG model. The results are critically discussed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: ESG, Mental Health Index, Panel Data, Data Analysis
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I14 - Health and Inequality; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health

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