Overman, Henry G. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3525-7629
(2012)
Happiness maps.
Spatial Economics Research Centre Blog
(21 Nov 2012).
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When the latest 'happiness maps' show that the happiest people live in the least populated places (Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland) I am once again convinced that we can learn little, if anything, from spatial differences in self-reported happiness. Quite simply, if people care about their wellbeing and if this drives decisions about where to live then the most heavily populated places must offer something that low populated places don't. So either the people in the Outer Hebrides aren't very representative of the overall population or self-reported happiness misses something important (or both).
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://spatial-economics.blogspot.co.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre Centre for Economic Performance What Works Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2017 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2023 23:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/82655 |
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