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@article{ART002572885},
author={Kang， Dongwoo and Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn and SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM},
title={Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness},
journal={The Korea Spatial Planning Review},
issn={1229-8638},
year={2020},
volume={104},
pages={3-21},
doi={10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kang， Dongwoo
AU - Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn
AU - SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM
TI - Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness
JO - The Korea Spatial Planning Review
PY - 2020
VL - 104
IS - null
PB - 국토연구원
SP - 3
EP - 21
SN - 1229-8638
AB - This study examines the relationship between regional characteristics at the county level and individual subjective happiness using the 18th Korean Labor and Income Panel Study. For an empirical analysis, we employ a multilevel model of individual, household, county, and province levels. In addition, we also consider a region-specific fixed-effects model to control for a possible endogeneity problem due to the correlation between a random effect at the province level and explanatory variables at the county level. We find that regional characteristics are not statistically significant in the multilevel model while the region-specific fixed-effects model returns significant ones such as regional mean age, the employment rate, the population density, the growth rate in the land price, the number of social welfare facilities, and the pavement rate of roads. These results implies that happy regions are not only composed of people and households with their favorable characteristics on happiness, but also attributed to contextual effects based on regional characteristics.
KW - Happiness;Contextual Effects;Multilevel Model;Region-Specific Fixed-Effects Model
DO - 10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001
ER -

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn and SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. (2020). Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness. The Korea Spatial Planning Review, 104, 3-21.

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn and SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. 2020, "Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness", The Korea Spatial Planning Review, vol.104, pp.3-21. Available from: doi:10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn, SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM "Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness" The Korea Spatial Planning Review 104 pp.3-21 (2020) : 3.

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn, SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness. 2020; 104 3-21. Available from: doi:10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn and SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. "Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness" The Korea Spatial Planning Review 104(2020) : 3-21.doi: 10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo; Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn; SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness. The Korea Spatial Planning Review, 104, 3-21. doi: 10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo; Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn; SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness. The Korea Spatial Planning Review. 2020; 104 3-21. doi: 10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn, SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness. 2020; 104 3-21. Available from: doi:10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001

Kang， Dongwoo, Zooyob Anne JoyupAhn and SOUYEONNAM SOUYEONNAM. "Searching for Regional Characteristics Affecting Residents’ Happiness" The Korea Spatial Planning Review 104(2020) : 3-21.doi: 10.15793/kspr.2020.104..001