Deakin University national index of well being

Discussion on the results of Deakin University National index of well being.

Deakin University wellbeing index

Discussion concerning the results of a survey by Deakin University and Austn Unity, about why Sydney is the saddest city in Australia.

Australian unity wellbeing index

Discussion concerning the Australian Unity wellbeing index.

Deakin University wellbeing index

Discussion concerning the results of the Deakin University and Austn Unity survey which highlighted that Victoria is the happiest state in Australia.

Wellbeing Index

Discussion concerning the Wellbeing index and the 'national happiness scorecard' produced by Deakin University.

Regional people more content : wellbeing index

Are you feeling happier, safer and are more connected to your community? You should be, if you're living in rural and regional Australia, according to the latest research from Deakin University. Nine of the top ten happiest electorates are in rural Australia, and all of them report feeling safer and having a stronger sense of belonging to their communities, compared to their city counterparts. Rural Social researcher from Charles Sturt University in Wagga, Margaret Alston, says even bad events like drought and bushfires tend to bring people together. "I'd have to agree that there are certain factors that actually lead to people in the country being on average happier than those in cities. The community where I live, we're just recovering from quite a significant bushfire. People have come forward and offered adjistment for stock for the affected farmers, there's been community drives to support the people who've lost their houses, some real moves from the community to make sure the incident didn't scar people unnecessarily." Deakin University researcher, Liz Eckerman, says when it comes to feeling connected to your community, rural and regional people come out on top. She also agrees difficult circumstances like drought often bring out the best sense of community.

Wellbeing index

Discussion concerning Deakin University's Wellbeing index.

Wellbeing index

Discussion concerning Deakin University's Wellbeing index and why Perth residents feel separated from the rest of Australia.

Wellbeing index

Discussion concerning Deakin University's Wellbeing index.

Australian unity wellbeing index

We keep hearing it, but of course few of us believe it. Today another survey is out that says money doesn't always buy happiness! A new study has found the happiest Australians actually live in one of the poorest rural electorates.

Of course this means that the most disgruntled are in the heart of Sydney, the wealthiest city in the country.

Liz Eckerman is an associate professor in the Sociology Department at Deakin University. She's one of the authors of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, and spoke to Fran Kelly this morning.

Wellbeing index

Discussion concerning the latest findings of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey.

Industries, artists, friends and fans : marketing young adult fictions online

The Internet has facilitated the coming together of formerly more separated youth taste cultures, such that literary, screen and graphic fandoms now more readily overlap. Media industries have invested in online strategies which create an ongoing relationship between producers and consumers of entertainment media texts. Using the Internet marketing campaign for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga as a case study, the paper examines the role of the publishing industry in marketing popular teen literary fiction through online channels in ways that often disguise promotional intent.

The equilibrium relations between stock index and bond index: evidence from Bursa Malaysia

This paper aims at examining the correlation structure, co-integration relationship and volatility linkage between stock and bond market indices over a period from January 1994 to June 2004. This study uses Johansen Cointegratoin test, VECM-X model and GARCH (1,1) with MDH model to examine the existence of long-term relation and volatility linkage between stock and bond market. The findings shed some light on the existence of mean-reverting pattern of correlation across different economic environments.  Findings on co-movement of stock and bond indices suggest an equilibrium relationship with short-term error correction. While evidence from volatility linkage also suggests that bond market cannot provide a meaningful explanation for conditional volatility in stock market, therefore, rejecting the mixture of distribution hypothesis.