Homeownership and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China: Does Owning a House Make You Happier?
Homeownership and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China: Does Owning a House Make You Happier?
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中国城市的住房拥有率和主观幸福感：拥有房子会让你更幸福吗？
DOI：
10.1007/s11205-011-9967-6
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发表时间：
2013-02-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Hu, Feng
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作者：
Hu, Feng
本文利用具有全国代表性的大型数据集，研究了住房所有权状况对中国城市居民个人主观幸福感指标的影响。这是第一个在中国背景下衡量住房所有权与个人主观幸福感之间关系的研究，也是为数不多的关于发展中国家的实证研究之一。结果表明，中国城市居民的住房所有权状况对住房满意度和总体幸福感都有很强的正向影响。即使在等式中控制了住房满意度之后，住房所有权状况仍然对一个人的整体幸福感产生积极影响，这表明除了住房满意度之外，住房所有权状况还可能对生活满意度的其他方面有所贡献。此外，在住房满意度方面，女性似乎比男性更看重拥有一所房子，而在大城市拥有一所房子的主观利益似乎比在小城市要小得多。
This paper examines the effect of homeownership status on individual subjective wellbeing indicators in urban China using a large nationally representative dataset. It is the first to gauge the relationship between homeownership and individual subjective wellbeing in the setting of China and is also among the few empirical studies concerning developing countries. The results show that the homeownership status does have a strong positive effect on both one's housing satisfaction and overall happiness in urban China. Even after controlling for housing satisfaction in the equation, the homeownership status still positively affects one's overall happiness, suggesting that the homeownership status might also contribute to other possible aspects of life satisfaction except for housing satisfaction. In addition, in terms of housing satisfaction, females seem to value much more on owning a house than males, while the subjective benefits of owing a house in large cities seem to be much smaller than in small cities.