Causal Effect of Urban Parks on Children's Happiness

Overview

This repository contains my research thesis investigating the causal relationship between urban park accessibility and children's happiness levels. Using propensity score methods, this study provides empirical evidence for urban planning policies.

Repository Structure

• thesis/: Main thesis document and references
• data/: Analysis datasets (not included in the repository)
• results/: Output figures and tables
• code/: R scripts for analysis
• award/: Awards and recognition

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/KwonNayeon/urban-parks-childrens-happiness.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd urban-parks-childrens-happiness

3. Note: Data files are not included in this repository.
   Please obtain the required datasets from the official sources and place them in the data/ directory before running the code.

Dependencies

To run the R scripts and analysis, you need the following R packages:

• tidyverse (Includes dplyr, ggplot2, and other packages)
• readxl, haven (For data import)
• CBPS, WeightIt, MatchIt (For causal inference)
• lubridate, skimr, tableone (For data processing)
• survey, senstrat, MASS (For statistical analysis)
• ggdag, dagitty (For plotting Directed Acyclic Graphs)
• broom, scales, truncnorm (For data transformation)
• ipw, cobalt, optmatch (For matching methods)
• sensitivityfull, sensitivitymw (For sensitivity analysis)
• lmtest, sandwich (For robust inference)

License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
See the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

For questions about the research, please reach out at nayeon.k.datacareer@gmail.com