Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?

Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?

This paper uses data from the Scottish Household Survey to investigate urban–rural variations in life satisfaction in Scotland. It reviews the previous literature on spatial differences in life satisfaction and develops an econometric model that includes a range of factors previously shown to affect...

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Main Authors: Stewart Dunlop, Sara Davies, Kim Swales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Regional Studies, Regional Science
Subjects:
life satisfaction
urban–rural differences
Scotland
New Economic Geography
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2016.1209981
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spelling doaj-d8e8372b11214f6dbc5b19e7180e40b72020-11-25T04:01:28ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762016-01-013137939810.1080/21681376.2016.12099811209981Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?Stewart Dunlop0Sara Davies1Kim Swales2University of StrathclydeUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of StrathclydeThis paper uses data from the Scottish Household Survey to investigate urban–rural variations in life satisfaction in Scotland. It reviews the previous literature on spatial differences in life satisfaction and develops an econometric model that includes a range of factors previously shown to affect life satisfaction. Holding these factors constant, Scottish rural dwellers are found to have a significantly higher life satisfaction than city residents. Possible reasons for higher life satisfaction in rural areas are explored before finally drawing policy conclusions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2016.1209981life satisfactionurban–rural differencesScotlandNew Economic Geography
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Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
Regional Studies, Regional Science
life satisfaction
urban–rural differences
Scotland
New Economic Geography
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Sara Davies
Kim Swales
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title Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
title_short Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
title_full Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
title_fullStr Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
title_full_unstemmed Metropolitan misery: why do Scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
title_sort metropolitan misery: why do scots live in ‘bad places to live’?
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Regional Studies, Regional Science
issn 2168-1376
publishDate 2016-01-01
description This paper uses data from the Scottish Household Survey to investigate urban–rural variations in life satisfaction in Scotland. It reviews the previous literature on spatial differences in life satisfaction and develops an econometric model that includes a range of factors previously shown to affect life satisfaction. Holding these factors constant, Scottish rural dwellers are found to have a significantly higher life satisfaction than city residents. Possible reasons for higher life satisfaction in rural areas are explored before finally drawing policy conclusions.
topic life satisfaction
urban–rural differences
Scotland
New Economic Geography
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2016.1209981
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