@article{ART002625387},
author={Choi Changyong and Hi Sam Kim and Hyeyoung Woo},
title={A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries},
journal={Journal of Regional Studies and Development},
issn={1738-3846},
year={2020},
volume={29},
number={2},
pages={25-56},
doi={10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25}
TY - JOUR
AU - Choi Changyong
AU - Hi Sam Kim
AU - Hyeyoung Woo
TI - A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries
JO - Journal of Regional Studies and Development
PY - 2020
VL - 29
IS - 2
PB - Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development: IPAID
SP - 25
EP - 56
SN - 1738-3846
AB - This study explores qualitative changes such as 'happiness' in former socialist countries with an aim of overcoming the limitations of existing studies that focused on quantitative changes, such as economic growth. In order to compare national level happiness in those transitional countries, life satisfaction and social capital were mobilized as proxy variables constructed by the World Value Surveys. In particular, this study tries to investigate deep-meaning of the transition, that is, the changes in the value of the parameter by comparing the variable to the level of the Nordic countries. The analysis showed that the transition countries had a 70.5% level of happiness compared to the Nordic countries, while the interpersonal trust level was much lower than the 0.62 level in the Nordic countries. Noteworthy findings are a negative correlation between the two variables as there are high cases of happiness observed even in countries with low interpersonal trust ratios of less than 20 percent, but the happiness index has risen significantly in countries with interpersonal trust above 20 percent.
KW - Transition;Life Satisfaction;Happiness;Interpersonal Trust;Social Capital
DO - 10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
ER -
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim and Hyeyoung Woo. (2020). A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries. Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 29(2), 25-56.
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim and Hyeyoung Woo. 2020, "A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries", Journal of Regional Studies and Development, vol.29, no.2 pp.25-56. Available from: doi:10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim, Hyeyoung Woo "A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 29.2 pp.25-56 (2020) : 25.
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim, Hyeyoung Woo. A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries. 2020; 29(2), 25-56. Available from: doi:10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim and Hyeyoung Woo. "A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 29, no.2 (2020) : 25-56.doi: 10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong; Hi Sam Kim; Hyeyoung Woo. A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries. Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 29(2), 25-56. doi: 10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong; Hi Sam Kim; Hyeyoung Woo. A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries. Journal of Regional Studies and Development. 2020; 29(2) 25-56. doi: 10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim, Hyeyoung Woo. A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries. 2020; 29(2), 25-56. Available from: doi:10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
Choi Changyong, Hi Sam Kim and Hyeyoung Woo. "A Study on Changes in Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Transition Countries" Journal of Regional Studies and Development 29, no.2 (2020) : 25-56.doi: 10.22739/ipaid.2020.29.2.25
