The influence of government size on economic growth and life satisfaction. A case study from Japan

Eiji Yamamura ()

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Abstract: This paper uses Japanese prefecture-level data for the years 1979 and 1996 to examine how the relationship between government size and life satisfaction changes. The major findings are: (1) Government size has a detrimental effect on life satisfaction when government size impedes economic growth in the economic developing stage. However, this effect clearly decreases when government size is not associated with economic growth in the developed stage. (2) Particularized trust is positively associated with life satisfaction of females but not with that of males. Such a tendency becomes more remarkable in the developed stage. These results are unchanged when the endogeneity bias caused by local government size and proxies of trust are controlled for.

Keywords: Life satisfaction; Government size; Trust; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H50 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11-06
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