Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 421 - 443 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of Population Economics |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |