The Impact of Modern Economic Growth on Urban-Rural Differences in Subjective Well-Being

被引:129
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作者
Easterlin, Richard A. [1 ]
Angelescu, Laura [1 ]
Zweig, Jacqueline S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
关键词
happiness; life satisfaction; urban; rural; economic growth; HAPPINESS; INCOME; LIFE;
D O I
10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.015
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
At low levels of economic development there are substantial gaps favoring urban over rural areas in income, education, and occupational structure, and consequently a large excess of urban over rural life satisfaction, despite important urban problems of pollution, congestion, and the like. At more advanced development levels, these economic differentials tend to disappear, and rural areas approach or exceed urban in life satisfaction. Both across-country and within-country regression analyses of 2005-08 data from the Gallup World Poll support these conclusions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2187 / 2198
页数:12
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