A rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban economics. Lectures on
Urban Economics offers a rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban …

Do households move for jobs or fun, and where do they go when they move? We address
these questions using the 1970–2000 US Census. Based on a panel of quality of life and …

This paper offers a novel contribution to an evidence-based assessment of the
attractiveness features (or perceived qualities) of cities or urban neighbourhoods, based on …

Percoco M. Health shocks and human capital accumulation: the case of Spanish flu in Italian
regions, Regional Studies. The impact of health on economic development is a hotly …

The purpose of this study is to assess and visualize the Quality of Life provided by urban
space as a place of residence. The proposed methodology, after its theoretical …

Abstract The Rosen-Roback spatial equilibrium theory states that cross-city variations in
wages and housing prices reflect urban residents' willingness to pay for urban amenities or …

Colombo E., Michelangeli A. and Stanca L. La dolce vita: hedonic estimates of quality of life
in Italian cities, Regional Studies. This paper investigates quality of life in Italian cities using …

In order to assess differences in living conditions across German regions we apply the
hedonic approach of Rosen (Current issues in urban economics, 1979) and Roback (J Polit …

In economic literature, the quality of life (QoL) in a city is usually assessed through the
standard revealed-preference approach, which defines a QoL index as the monetary value …

In 2010 the World Health Organisation dedicated the Word Health Day to urbanization and
health, highlighting the impacts of urban living on physical and mental health. This is …