Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession

The literature on life satisfaction in transition countries, and in particular on Romania, demonstrated that life satisfaction significantly differs across rural communities and cities of different size. The question addressed in this paper is whether these imbalances are stable over time or, instea...

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Main Authors:	Camilla Lenzi, Giovanni Perucca
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	ERSA 2016-08-01
Series:	REGION
Subjects:	Happiness Romania economic transition
Online Access:	https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/123

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spelling	doaj-e0fc711e247d44f0b7c7d601e0795a6c2020-11-24T23:48:00ZengERSAREGION2409-53702016-08-013212210.18335/region.v3i2.12340Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accessionCamilla Lenzi0Giovanni Perucca1Politecnico di MilanoPolitecnico di MilanoThe literature on life satisfaction in transition countries, and in particular on Romania, demonstrated that life satisfaction significantly differs across rural communities and cities of different size. The question addressed in this paper is whether these imbalances are stable over time or, instead, they become manifest in the presence of strong divergences in the economic growth rates of different kinds of communities. Results point out that in the period of sharp economic growth led by large urban areas, as the one experienced by Romania on the road to EU accession, rural/urban disparities in life satisfaction widened, favoring cities of intermediate size.https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/123HappinessRomaniaeconomic transition
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title	Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession
title_short	Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession
title_full	Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession
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title_full_unstemmed	Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession
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publisher	ERSA
series	REGION
issn	2409-5370
publishDate	2016-08-01
description	The literature on life satisfaction in transition countries, and in particular on Romania, demonstrated that life satisfaction significantly differs across rural communities and cities of different size. The question addressed in this paper is whether these imbalances are stable over time or, instead, they become manifest in the presence of strong divergences in the economic growth rates of different kinds of communities. Results point out that in the period of sharp economic growth led by large urban areas, as the one experienced by Romania on the road to EU accession, rural/urban disparities in life satisfaction widened, favoring cities of intermediate size.
topic	Happiness Romania economic transition
url	https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/123
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Happiness in Romanian cities on the road from post-communism transition to EU accession

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