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%T Urban-rural differences in quality of life across the European Union %A Shucksmith, Mark %A Cameron, Stuart %A Merridew, Tanya %A Pichler, Florian %J Regional Studies %N 10 %P 1275-1289 %V 43 %D 2009 %K Quality-of-life; Rural; Europe; Cohesion; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) %= 2010-11-22T11:06:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-206773 %X This paper analyses the European Quality of Life Survey 2003, to explore urban-rural differences in income, deprivation, and other life domains. The main conclusion is that the richest countries in the EU show little evidence of significant urban-rural differences, whereas, in the poorer countries of the east and south, rural areas have a much lower level of perceived welfare and quality of life, particularly in the candidate countries. Despite this, subjective well-being is not significantly different, and this paradox is explored through multi-level modelling. The paper concludes by considering the policy implications for rural policy, urban policy and cohesion policy. %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info