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Trust and happiness : comparative study before and after the Great East Japan earthquake
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Yamamura, Eiji, Tsutsui, Yoshiro, Yamane, Chisako, Yamane, Shoko and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Trust and happiness : comparative study before and after the Great East Japan earthquake. Social Indicators Research, 123 (3). pp. 919-935. doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0767-7 ISSN 0303-8300.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0767-7
Abstract
The positive relationship between trust and happiness has been demonstrated by the literature. However, it is not clear how much this relationship depends on environmental conditions. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 is considered one of the most catastrophic events in human history. This disaster caused not only physical damage for Japanese people, but also perceived damage. Using individual-level panel data from Japan covering the period 2009–2012, this paper attempts to probe how the relationship between trust and happiness was influenced by the Great East Japan Earthquake by comparing the same individuals before and after the earthquake. A fixed-effects estimation showed that there is a statistically well-determined positive relationship between trust and happiness and this relationship was strengthened by disaster, especially for residents in the damaged area. We argue that social trust is a substitute for formal institutions and markets, which mitigates the effect of disaster-related shock on psychological conditions such as happiness. Therefore, a trustful society is invulnerable to a gigantic disaster.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Indicators Research | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||
| ISSN: | 0303-8300 | ||||
| Official Date: | 18 September 2015 | ||||
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| Volume: | 123 | ||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 919-935 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11205-014-0767-7 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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