Showing papers on "Quality of life published in 1976"

Quality of life indicators

Abstract: Quality of life is considered to be a function of biophysical, environmental and social conditions. No system of quality of life indicators has been developed as yet, however some progress has been made lately to this end. Methods appropriate for designing quality ot life indexes are suggested in this paper. Such indexes could be used to evaluate different quality of life aspects and make comparisons over space and time. An indicative list of quality of life indicators, grouped in the following categories, is given: air quality, water quality, soil quality, natural, conditions and hazards, shelter quality, urbanization, communications, nutrition, health, education, economic conditions, security, social, leisure/recreation. Furthermore, the impact of the size of cities on the magnitude of the following quality of life indicators has been investigated: total crime, murders and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny ($50 and over), auto theft, congestion, ave...

Migration, Economic Opportunity, and the Quality of Life: Reply and Extension

Abstract: This reply extends our previous study on migration by estimating a system of simultaneous equations by two stage least squares. This set of results implies even more strongly than our original study, which was a single-equation system estimated by ordinary least squares, that in-migration is positively impacted by both the prospects of a higher level of income and greater income growth on the one hand and by quality of life factors, including warm climate, on the other hand.