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| Title: | | A new way of monitoring the quality of urban life  |
| Authors: | | Lora, Eduardo Powell, Andrew |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working paper // World Institute for Development Economics Research 2011,12 |
| Abstract: | | A growing number of cities around the world have established systems of monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective and subjective information and attempt to cover a wide variety of topics. This paper introduces a simple method that takes advantage of both types of information and provides criteria to identify and rank the issues of potential importance for urban dwellers. The method combines the so-called 'hedonic price' and 'life satisfaction' approaches to value public goods. Pilot case results for six Latin American cities are summarized and policy applications are discussed. |
| Subjects: | | urban economics quality of life Latin America public goods hedonic price method life satisfaction method |
| JEL: | | R00 R21 R23 |
| ISBN: | | 978-92-9230-375-4 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University (UNU)
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