The Happiness of Cities

Abstract

The happiness of cities, Regional Studies. This research examines the factors that shape the happiness of cities, whereas much of the existent literature has focused on the happiness of nations. It is argued that in addition to income, which has been found to shape national-level happiness, human capital levels will play an important role in the happiness of cities. Metropolitan-level data from the 2009 Gallup-Healthways Survey are used to examine the effects of human capital on city happiness, controlling for other factors. The findings suggest that human capital plays the central role in the happiness of cities, outperforming income and every other variable. HappinessWell FLORIDA R., MELLANDER C. y RENTFROW P. J. La felicidad de las ciudades, Regional Studies. En este estudio examinamos qué factores repercuten en la felicidad de las ciudades, mientras que en la mayoría de la bibliografía existente se ha prestado más atención a la felicidad de las naciones. Sostenemos que además de los ingresos, que se ha observado que determinan la felicidad a nivel nacional, los niveles de capital humano desempeñan un importante papel en la felicidad de las ciudades. Utilizamos datos recabados en una encuesta realizada por Gallup-Healthways en 2009 en un marco metropolitano para examinar los efectos del capital humano Regional Studies, 2013 Vol. 47, No. 4, 613-627, http://dx

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