Exploring the relationship between fertility and well-being: What is smart?
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We analyse the association between fertility rates and well-being in the Italian regions in the period 2012-2017. Well-being is measured by means of the indicators of Equitable and Sustainable Well-being (BES), collected by ISTAT since 2013. We expect that the regions performing better in terms of well-being conditions are also those with the highest level of fertility. We use graphical and statistical methods in order to compare the rankings of Italian regions according to different BES domains with that according to TFR. The correlation analysis supports our main hypothesis; some targeted regression analyses let us to identify those well-being dimensions that matter more in explaining fertility variation.