A new measure of quality of life explains why people like living in bigger cities

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. ORCID: 0000-0001-5664-3230, Bald, Fabian, Roth, Duncan and Seidel, Tobias (2025) A new measure of quality of life explains why people like living in bigger cities. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (24 Feb 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

People like to live in certain places, even when higher wages are on offer elsewhere. Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel show that once you take into account people’s preferences, large cities offer a higher quality of life than previously thought.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2025 14:00
Last Modified:	31 Mar 2025 14:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127720

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