The Effects of Urban Living Conditions on Subjective Well-Being: The Case of German Foreign Service Employees

ABSTRACT: In an increasingly urbanized world, understanding the determinants of urban well-being will continue to grow in importance. Although the effects of different indicators of living conditions on well-being have been widely studied individually, little is known about their relative impact when examined jointly. In this study, we use a unique multi-source dataset that allows us to investigate the effect and relative importance of a variety of subjectively and objectively assessed aspects of urban living conditions on the subjective well-being (SWB) of German Foreign Service expatriates. The study captures living conditions in metropolises around the world at different stages of development, and assesses living conditions in a culturally comparably homogeneous set of participants, thus being po

SUBMITTER: Ruger H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122088 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature