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作者

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn;Rubia R. Valente

来源

CITIES,Vol.118,Issue1,Article 103368

语言

英文

关键字

Happiness;Life satisfaction;Subjective wellbeing (SWB);Cities;Urbanicity;Urban-rural;Urban-rural happiness gradient;World Values Survey (WVS)

作者单位

Rutgers University, Dept of Public Policy and Administration, 401 Cooper St, Camden, NJ 08102, United States of America;Baruch College - City University of New York, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010, United States of America;Rutgers University, Dept of Public Policy and Administration, 401 Cooper St, Camden, NJ 08102, United States of America;Baruch College - City University of New York, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010, United States of America

摘要

This study shows, for the first time, that city unhappiness is common across the world. We use the World Values Survey cumulative dataset 1981–2020 from www.worldvaluessurvey.org. In all developed countries, without exception, we find that city dwellers are not happier than rural residents.