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Urban or Rural: Where are people happier and why?
[Urbano o rural: ¿Dónde es más feliz la gente y por qué?]

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  • Abilio Henrique Berticelli de Freitas

    (Faculté d’Économie. Master Économie et Management Publics. Université de Montpellier.)

Abstract

Using data from a worldwide sample, we investigate how happy people look like and if these “happiness characteristics” are more present in big urban towns or in small rural villages. We found evidence that (i) people seem to be slightly happier in rural settlements, (ii) happier people have some particular characteristics (e.g., higher levels of trust in others and being more interested in politics) and (iii) these positive attitudes are slightly more present in rural contexts. Then, we discuss some conceivable explanations to what we have seen.

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  • Abilio Henrique Berticelli de Freitas, 2021. "Urban or Rural: Where are people happier and why? [Urbano o rural: ¿Dónde es más feliz la gente y por qué?]," Papeles de Europa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI), vol. 34, pages 17-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucm:padeur:v:34:y:2021:p:17-28
    DOI: 10.5209/pade.77764
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    Keywords

    Happiness economics; Urban planning; Subjective well-being.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J19 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Other
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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