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Size of Town, Level of Education and Life Satisfaction in Western Europe

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

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Abstract

I analyse the effect of living in settlements of different sizes on individual life satisfaction. The literature usually finds a negative correlation between life satisfaction and size of town. Here I cluster the population by level of education; the results show that people get dissatisfaction from living in large centres and that both education and income attenuate this effect. In particular, high education renders the cities and their features more enjoyable.