2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An analysis on the trends and factors in regional gaps of economic and satisfaction indexes
| Project/Area Number |
19580273
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | National Agricultural Research Organization |
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Principal Investigator |
KUNIMITSU Yoji National Agricultural Research Organization, 農村工学研究所・農村計画部・事業評価研究室, 研究室長 (30360390)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 農業地域計画 / 農業経済 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed to analyze the trends and causative factors in satisfaction level and economic level among towns in Yamagata and Yamaguchi prefectures by using the structural equation model (SEM). The estimation results demonstrate that (i) both the economic situations and social capital (represented by trust, altruistic moral and human network) positively affected the satisfaction level, but there is a trade-off between these effects and (ii) the economic factor and social capital have indirect effects, affecting to satisfaction via other factors such as urbanization and degradation of the social capital.
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