<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-6622</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[EconoQuantum]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[EconoQuantum]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-6622</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Guadalajara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-66222017000100073</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A Quality of Life Index of Mexican cities: An equalizing-di&#64256;erence approach]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Índice de Calidad de Vida de las ciudades Mexicanas: Un enfoque de ecualización de diferencias]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gallardo Del Ángel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Veracruzana Faculty of Economics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>73</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-66222017000100073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-66222017000100073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-66222017000100073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The present analysis contains a Quality of Life Index (QLI) for most medium-large Mexican cities using the equalizing-difference approach. Implicit prices were constructed using two amenity bundles which include geographical, environmental, social factors such as climate, proximity to coast or metropolitan areas, public safety, quality of education, access to health care as well as other local public goods. The ranking includes 92 medium-large cities (municipalities) from a subsample of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey. The results show that extreme temperatures and criminality are clearly bad and have negative implicit prices. Other variables such as distance to hospitals and local taxes also have negative implicit prices. The quality of education, urban metropolitan areas, access to sea coast and federal transfers have a positive impact on households&#8217; utility. Two different rankings are constructed using two slightly different amenity bundles to observe for consistency. The estimation of implicit prices shows that public safety and quality of basic education are the most valued external factors for Mexican households, followed by the access to tertiary education.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente análisis aplica un Índice de Calidad de Vida para la mayoría de las ciudades medianas y grandes de México mediante el método de igualación de diferencia. Se construyeron precios implícitos usando dos canastas de amenidades que incluyen factores geográficos, ambientales y sociales, tales como clima, cercanía a la costa, áreas metropolitanas, seguridad pública, calidad educativa, acceso a servicios de salud, así como otro tipo de bienes públicos. El ranking incluye 92 ciudades con datos de la Encuesta de Ingreso y Gasto de los Hogares (ENIGH). Los resultados muestran que la temperatura y la criminalidad impactan negativamente en los precios implícitos. Otras variables como distancia a hospitales o impuestos locales también afectan negativamente dichos precios. En cambio otras variables como la calidad educativa, áreas metropolitanas, acceso a la costa y transferencias federales impactan de manera positiva en la utilidad de los hogares. Para efectos de consistencia, se construyeron dos rankings basados en diferentes canastas de amenidades. La estimación de los precios implícitos muestran que la seguridad pública y la calidad de la educación básica son los factores externos más valorados por los hogares mexicanos, seguidos por la educación media superior.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hedonic prices]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[housing market]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[quality of life]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[equalizing-di&#64256;erences]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[labour market]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Precios hedónicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mercado de vivienda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calidad de vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[igualación-diferencias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mercado laboral]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Quality of life, &#64257;rm productivity, and the value of amenities across Canadian cities]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ALBOUY]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[LEIBOVICI]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[WARMAN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Canadian Journal of Economics]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>379-411</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Compensating di&#64256;erentials in emerging labor and housing markets: Estimates of quality of life in Russian cities]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BERGER]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BLOMQUIST]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SABIRIANOVA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal or Urban Economics]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>63</volume>
<page-range>25-55</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[New estimates of quality of life in urban areas]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BLOMQUIST]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BERGER]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[HOEHN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[American Economic Review]]></source>
<year>1998</year>
<volume>78</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>89-107</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[BLOMQUIST]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Measuring quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ARNOTT]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[MCMILLEN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[A companion to Urban Economics]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<page-range>479-501</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Oxford ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Blackwell-Synergy]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[COLOMBO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[La Dolce Vita: Hedonic estimates of quality of life in Italian cities]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<page-range>1-15</page-range><publisher-name><![CDATA[Regional Studies]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Bohemia and economic geography]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[FLORIDA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Economic Geography]]></source>
<year>2002</year>
<volume>2</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>55-71</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The importance of local &#64257;scal conditions in analyzing local labor markets]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GYOURKO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[TRACY]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[The Journal of Political Economy]]></source>
<year>1991</year>
<volume>97</volume>
<page-range>1208-31</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The structure of local public &#64257;nance and the quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GYOURKO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[TRACY]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Political Economy]]></source>
<year>1991</year>
<volume>99</volume>
<page-range>774-806</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[How Accurate Are Quality-of-Life Rankings Across Cities?]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GYOURKO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Business Review]]></source>
<year>1991</year>
<page-range>3-14</page-range><publisher-name><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[A revealed preference approach to ranking city quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[KAHN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Urban Economics]]></source>
<year>1995</year>
<volume>38</volume>
<page-range>221-35</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The increasing importance of quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[RAPPAPORT]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Economic Geography]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<page-range>779-804</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Wages, rents, and the quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ROBACK]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Political Economy]]></source>
<year>1982</year>
<volume>90</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<issue>6</issue>
<page-range>1257-78</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ROSEN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Wage-based indexes of urban quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[MIESZKOWSI]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[STRATZHEIM]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Current Issues in Urban Economics]]></source>
<year>1979</year>
<page-range>74-104</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD. ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[John Hopkins Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Smart cities: quality of life, productivity, and the growth e&#64256;ects of human capital]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SHAPIRO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Review of Economics and Statistics]]></source>
<year>1996</year>
<volume>88</volume>
<page-range>324-35</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Human capital, higher education institutions, and quality of life]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[WINTERS]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.V.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Regional Science and Urban Economics]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>41</volume>
<page-range>446-54</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Demand for urban quality of living in China: Evolution in compensating land-rent and wage-rate di&#64256;erentials]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ZHENG]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[FU]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Liu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>38</volume>
<page-range>194-213</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
