Are Cognitive, Affective, and Eudaimonic Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being Differently Related to Consumption? Evidence from Japan
Are Cognitive, Affective, and Eudaimonic Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being Differently Related to Consumption? Evidence from Japan
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主观幸福感的认知、情感和幸福维度与消费的相关性是否不同？
DOI：
10.1007/s10902-020-00327-4
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Managi Shunsuke
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作者：
Tsurumi Tetsuya;Yamaguchi Rintaro;Kagohashi Kazuki;Managi Shunsuke
在本研究中，我们探讨了消费与主观幸福感之间的关系。文献中有明确的证据表明，收入-幸福感的关系取决于幸福感的测度，但其原因尚不完全清楚；然而，主要原因可能与消费有关，因为大部分收入都用于消费。这项研究是第一个直接检验消费-幸福感之间的关系是否在情感、认知和幸福感测量中有所不同的研究。我们采用以下四个幸福感指标：生活满意度、中心阶梯、影响平衡和幸福感。此外，在消费方面，我们考虑了物质消费和关系消费。对我们在日本独特收集的调查结果的非参数分析表明，总消费有助于幸福感和幸福感的认知测量，而情感测量有一定的阈值。然而，一旦在总消费中考虑物质消费与关系消费，我们发现关系消费对任何SWB测量的贡献都没有明确的上限，而物质消费对所有SWB测量的贡献仅达到一定的阈值。我们的研究结果还表明，总消费、物质消费和关系消费对幸福感和幸福感认知测量的边际效应大于对情感测量的边际效应。此外，我们的研究结果表明，在所有的主观幸福感指标中，关系消费的边际效应往往大于物质消费的边际效应。基于这些发现，我们预计关系消费是改善幸福感的关键。
In this study, we investigate the relationship between consumption and subjective well-being (SWB). There is clear evidence in the literature that the income–SWB relationship depends on the SWB measure, but the reasons are not fully clear yet; however, the main reason may be related to consumption because most income is used for that. This study is the first to examine directly whether the consumption–SWB relationship differs between affective, cognitive, and eudaimonic SWB measures. We adopt the following four SWB indices: life satisfaction, the Cantril ladder, affect balance, and eudaimonia. In addition, on the consumption side, we consider both material and relational consumption. Nonparametric analysis of our uniquely collected survey results in Japan suggests that total consumption contributes to cognitive measures of SWB and eudaimonia, while there is a certain threshold for affective measures. However, once material versus relational consumption is considered in total consumption, we find that relational consumption contributes to any SWB measure without clear upper bounds, while material consumption contributes to all SWB measures only to certain thresholds. Our results also show that the marginal effects of total consumption, material consumption, and relational consumption on cognitive measures of SWB and eudaimonia are greater than on affective measures. In addition, our results show that the marginal effects of relational consumption tend to be greater than those of material consumption for all SWB indices. Based on the findings, we expect relational consumption to be key for improving well-being.