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要藤 正任 所属 京都産業大学 経済学部 経済学科 職種 教授 |
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| 言語種別 | 英語 |
| 発行・発表の年月 | 2022/11 |
| 形態種別 | その他 |
| 査読 | 査読あり |
| 標題 | Does Participation in Community Activities Increase One's Subjective Well-Being?: Quantitative Analysis Considering Causality and External Effect in Japan |
| 執筆形態 | その他 |
| 掲載誌名 | Japan Journal of Social Relations |
| 出版社・発行元 | Japan Association of Social Relations |
| 巻・号・頁 | 1(1),pp.1-15 |
| 著者・共著者 | Yodo Masato |
| 概要 | In recent years, interest in community activities has been growing. Although the relationship between community activity participation and subjective well-being has been pointed out, does community participation really increase one’s subjective well-being? To tackle this question, this study examines the causal relationship between them, using data from a nationwide online questionnaire survey. To verify the causal relationship, the instrumental variable method is used, exploiting the frequency of one’s parents’ and/or grandparents’ participation in community activities in his/her childhood. The results obtained from several regressions show that participation does increase subjective well-being, and it would also increase the well-being of non-participants through improvements to the local living environment and the propagation of the sense of well-being. These results support the significance of policy initiatives to community activities and indicate that such policies could be evaluated in terms of well-being. |