Add to ORKGUrban living increases employment prospects and consumption opportunities but also exposes individuals to numerous urban problems including high living costs, congestion, pollution, crime, and traffic among others. New research by John Winters and Yu Li examines the overall effects of urban living on happiness in the US as measured by self-reported life satisfaction. They find that living in large metropolitan areas and counties with higher population densities reduces average happiness levels
This paper attempts to explain why large cities tend to score low on indices of happiness/life satis...
Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called 'developed economies', residing in urban context...
Research on happiness determinants began in the 1970s in such fields as psychology and economics. Wh...
Social scientists have long studied the effects of cities on human wellbeing and happiness. This art...
Most scholars in urban studies and public policy/administration support city living, that is, they ...
Governments, civic society, businesses, and citizens all strive to make cities more livable. However...
There are persistent differences in self-reported subjective well-being across US metropolitan areas...
Why is living in the city more attractive in some places than in others? How can policymakers, urban...
In this paper we use survey data to examine heterogeneity in the urban gradient of life satisfaction...
The effect of living in a less urban area on the probability of being happy is estimated. It is show...
Researchers have posited that larger, denser metropolitan areas have important consumption advantage...
Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, particu...
<p>Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, part...
This paper investigates whether urbanization plays a role in determining the importance of each happ...
Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called ‘developed economies’, residing in urban context...
This paper attempts to explain why large cities tend to score low on indices of happiness/life satis...
Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called 'developed economies', residing in urban context...
Research on happiness determinants began in the 1970s in such fields as psychology and economics. Wh...
Social scientists have long studied the effects of cities on human wellbeing and happiness. This art...
Most scholars in urban studies and public policy/administration support city living, that is, they ...
Governments, civic society, businesses, and citizens all strive to make cities more livable. However...
There are persistent differences in self-reported subjective well-being across US metropolitan areas...
Why is living in the city more attractive in some places than in others? How can policymakers, urban...
In this paper we use survey data to examine heterogeneity in the urban gradient of life satisfaction...
The effect of living in a less urban area on the probability of being happy is estimated. It is show...
Researchers have posited that larger, denser metropolitan areas have important consumption advantage...
Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, particu...
<p>Urban malaise or unhappiness with city life is common in developed countries. City dwellers, part...
This paper investigates whether urbanization plays a role in determining the importance of each happ...
Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called ‘developed economies’, residing in urban context...
This paper attempts to explain why large cities tend to score low on indices of happiness/life satis...
Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called 'developed economies', residing in urban context...
Research on happiness determinants began in the 1970s in such fields as psychology and economics. Wh...