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Regional Disparity Measured by Subjective Happiness

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  • Chisako Yamane

    (Department of Economics, Niigata Sangyo University)

  • Shoko Yamane

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

  • Yoshiro Tsutsui

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

Abstract

In this paper we estimate the regional disparity of income and happiness between prefectures using the results of questionnaire survey conducted by 21st Century COE program of Osaka University from 2003 to 2006. We found the followings. 1) Three measures of disparity, multiple comparisons, regression over prefecture dummies, and Gini indexes, reveal that the disparity of happiness was smaller than that of income. 2) When a part of income that depends on the personal attiributes as well as attributes of respondents, such as gender and age are adujusted, most of the disparity of happiness between prefectures is dissolved. 3) Three measures indicate that the average income increased, wihile income disparity has widened from 2003 to 2006, and average happiness decreased, while disparity of happiness remained constant over this period.

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  • Chisako Yamane & Shoko Yamane & Yoshiro Tsutsui, 2008. "Regional Disparity Measured by Subjective Happiness," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 08-29, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:0829
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    Cited by:

    1. Sasaki, Hiroki, 2016. "Do Japanese Citizens Move to Rural Areas Seeking a Slower Life? Differences between Rural and Urban Areas in Subjective Well-Being," 2016 Fifth AIEAA Congress, June 16-17, 2016, Bologna, Italy 242325, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA).
    2. Yoko Niimi, 2016. "The “Costs” of informal care: an analysis of the impact of elderly care on caregivers’ subjective well-being in Japan," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 779-810, December.
    3. Niimi, Yoko, 2015. "Can happiness provide new insights into social inequality? Evidence from Japan," MPRA Paper 64720, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    income disparity; regional disparity; subjective happiness. economics of happiness; Japan;
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    JEL classification:

    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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