Life satisfaction and the economic and social characteristics of neighbourhoods

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作者：
Michael A. Shields
Stephen Wheatley Price
Mark Wooden
机构：
[1] University of Melbourne,Department of Economics
[2] University of Leicester,Department of Economics
[3] University of Melbourne,Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
来源：
Journal of Population Economics | 2009年 / 22卷
关键词：
Life satisfaction; Neighbourhood effects; HILDA Survey; C25; I31; Z31;
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This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to investigate the association between neighbourhood effects and life satisfaction. We find that neighbourhood measures of social support and interaction and the absence of socio-economic deprivation are positively and significantly correlated with individual life satisfaction. Neighbourhood fixed effects, however, explain only an additional 1.5 to 2.5% of the variance in life satisfaction over the 14% explained by individual characteristics.
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页码：421 / 443
页数：22
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