Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1874462
European countries’ vulnerability to COVID-19: multicriteria decision-making techniques
Luisa Marti
Rosa Puertas
Abstract
COVID-19 has triggered an unprecedented health crisis, crippling
economic activity around the world. The aim of this paper is to
analyse European countries’ vulnerability to the associated consequences. The analysis will focus on three areas that a priori are
expected to be most severely affected by the pandemic – health,
society and work – examining the possible relationship with
countries’ wealth. The multicriteria decision-making Technique for
Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) will be
used to generate a ranking of countries based on criteria that
define each of these three areas. The findings will provide authorities with quantitative information to guide their aid policies. The
results show that Eastern European countries should direct their
resources towards addressing health-related and social issues.
Conversely, those that have higher GDP per capita and that have
been hardest hit by coronavirus will have to make changes to
their labour systems in order to minimize the fallout.
Keywords
COVID-19; health; multicriteria; society; work
Hrčak ID:
301657
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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