NDLI: Keep Up with the Joneses or Keep on as Their Neighbours: Life Satisfaction and Income in Canadian Urban Neighbourhoods

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Author	Hou, Feng
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This study examines possible positive spillovers and negative consumption externalities of the average income in a geographic area (locality income) on individuals’ life satisfaction, focusing on two issues. The first is whether the effect of locality income on life satisfaction is sensitive to the scale of geographic units. The second is how the choice of control variables affects the estimated effect of locality income. The analysis of 142,780 survey respondents nested within 31,000 neighbourhoods, 5,000 local communities and 430 municipalities suggests that the positive spillovers of locality income are stronger in immediate neighbourhoods and local communities than at the municipality level. The positive association between locality income and life satisfaction to a large extent is attributable to the selective geographic concentration of individuals by income, marital status, and homeownership. Although the results do not rule out the existence of negative consumption externalities, its effect, if any, does not offset the positive spillovers.
Starting Page	1085
Ending Page	1107
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13894978
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15737780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-08-03
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Life satisfaction Relative income Neighbourhood Community Quality of Life Research Personality and Social Psychology Economics/Management Science Philosophy Positive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Sciences

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