The Happiness of Cities;Le bonheur des grandes villes

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-627

  Florida, Richard ^a   Mellander, Charlotta ^b   Rentfrow, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Happiness; Human capital; Income; Well being

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84922686454     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.589830     Document Type: Article

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