The importance of where people live for subjective welfare

The objectives of this proposed project are to identify: (i) the relative importance of neighbourhood in explaining variations across individuals in a self-reported measure of welfare; and (ii) what neighbourhood characteristics are associated with higher levels of reported welfare.

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services.

The Melbourne Institute contact for this project is Professor Mark Wooden.

This project is complete.

Working paper arising from the project: Investigating the Role of Neighbourhood Characteristics in Determining Life Satisfaction (pdf 173kb)