Analysis of structural indicators of sustainable economical development: case study of European states

V prispevku bodo s kvantitativno metodo opredeljeni strukturni dejavniki, s katerimi je mogoče pojasniti trajnostno gospodarsko razvitost izbranega vzorca 34 evropskih držav. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da je v sklopu izbranih kazalnikov najbolj smiselno predpostaviti en skupni faktor. Med spremenljivko BDP in drugimi variablami obstaja maksimalna odvisnost, med preostalimi kazalniki pa veliko število relativno močnih povezav. Tako pri metodi največjega verjetja kot pri metodi glavnih osi so bili najvišji deleži pojasnjene variance s skupnim faktorjem doseženi pri kazalnikih stopnja dolgotrajne brezposelnosti, energetska intenzivnost gospodarstva in stopnja delovne aktivnosti.This article defines structural factors, with which it is possible to explain sustainable economic development of chosen pattern of the 34 European countries, using a quantitative method. The results of the research demonstrated that it is most reasonable to assume one common factor in the set of selected indicators. A maximum dependence exists between the variable GDP and other variables, while a number of relatively strong connections exist among other indicators. For both maximum likelihood estimation and principal component analysis, the highest proportions of the variance explained with a common factor were reached for long-term unemployment rate, energy intensity of the economy, and activity rate