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Quality of life in Montevideo

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  • Zuleika Ferre

    (Universidad de la República)

  • Nestor Gandelman

    (Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales. Departmento de Economía)

  • Giorgina Piani

    (Universidad de la República)

Abstract

This paper we analyze various dimensions of the quality of life of people living in Montevideo. We found out that the satisfaction with various public goods and services at the neighborhood level play a minor role in the overall reported well being of individuals and in the satisfaction of life domains, such as leisure, social life, family, health, housing, neighborhood economic situation and work. This is in spite the fact that there are significant disparities in a wide range of indicators among those living in different areas of the city. Our results suggest that the differences in overall happiness and in domain satisfaction are mostly due to differences in individual outcomes like education, health, labor situation and housing quality

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  • Zuleika Ferre & Nestor Gandelman & Giorgina Piani, 2008. "Quality of life in Montevideo," Documentos de Investigación 39, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales.
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    1. Eduardo Lora & Andrew Powell & Bernard M.S. van Praag & Pablo Sanguinetti, 2010. "The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities : Markets and Perception," World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 2452, September.
    2. Eduardo Lora & Andrew Powell & Bernard M.S. van Praag & Pablo Sanguinetti, 2010. "The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities : Markets and Perception," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2452, December.

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