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Urban Amenities and Quality of Life Index : Evidence from Cities in Indonesia

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  • Sartika Djamaluddin

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Urban amenity is a major factor which determines household's quality of life in certain city. The level of city amenities will vary, depending among other on the liousehold's access to public facilities in the city. The study aims to measure the households' quality of life in 28 cities in Java based on urban amenities. The study is using a hedonic model of Compensating Wage Differential Rent to measure the urban amenities. The study shows tiiat the quality of life of households in every city varies. Quality of life in metropolitan cities such as Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, which become the center of business and economics, is relatively lower than other cities

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  • Sartika Djamaluddin, 2012. "Urban Amenities and Quality of Life Index : Evidence from Cities in Indonesia," Economics and Finance in Indonesia, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, vol. 60, pages 213-230, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:lpe:efijnl:201210
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