Quality of life in the regions: results for German Counties

In order to assess differences in living conditions across German regions we apply the hedonic approach of Rosen (Current issues in urban economics, 1979) and Roback (J Polit Econ 90(6):1257–1278, 1982) to land-price and wage differences across Germany’s counties. Employing a recent survey of more t...

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Published in:The Annals of regional science 2009-03, Vol.43 (1), p.89-112
Main Authors: Buettner, Thiess, Ebertz, Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumers
Costs
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
Environmental Economics
Equilibrium
Family income
Geography
Germany
Household utilities
Households
Housing prices
Labor market
Land
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Living conditions
Microeconomics
Prices
Productivity
Public services
Quality of life
Real estate
Regional/Spatial Science
Regions
Special Issue Paper
Studies
Surveys
Urban economics
Wage rates
Wages & salaries
Willingness to pay
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Summary:In order to assess differences in living conditions across German regions we apply the hedonic approach of Rosen (Current issues in urban economics, 1979) and Roback (J Polit Econ 90(6):1257–1278, 1982) to land-price and wage differences across Germany’s counties. Employing a recent survey of more than half a million Germans on a wide range of social and political issues we confirm that differences in amenities give rise to substantial differences in land prices. With regard to wages, however, we find only little effects of amenities. Relying on the land-price effects we assess the quality of life in each of the German counties and provide a comprehensive ranking.
ISSN:0570-1864
1432-0592
DOI:10.1007/s00168-007-0204-9