Relative Income and Happiness in Asia: Evidence from Nationwide Surveys in China, Japan, and Korea
Relative Income and Happiness in Asia: Evidence from Nationwide Surveys in China, Japan, and Korea
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DOI：
10.1007/s11205-010-9754-9
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Kobayashi, Miki
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作者：
Oshio, Takashi;Nozaki, Kayo;Kobayashi, Miki
本研究试图在中国、日本和韩国这三个主要的亚洲国家进行调查，并与美国进行比较，以检验相对收入对幸福感的影响。与西方国家以前的研究结果一致，在亚洲，个人的收入和参照组的平均收入与个人的幸福感显着相关。在中国，相对收入与幸福感之间的关联对于个人收入来说比家庭收入更强，而在日本和韩国则相反。即使在控制了对家庭收入的主观评估或整个社会中的个人阶级认同之后，参考群体内的收入比较对评估幸福感也很重要，特别是在使用家庭收入进行比较时。此外，参照组内的相对剥夺，这是衡量的伊扎克指数，是负相关的幸福，提供了更多的证据相对收入假说的有效性。
This study attempts to examine relative income effects on perceived happiness in three major Asian countries-China, Japan, and Korea-in comparison with the United Sates, on the basis of largely comparable nationwide surveys in these countries. Consistent with the results from previous studies in Western countries, comparisons with an individual's own income and average income of the reference group are significantly associated with the individual's perceived happiness in Asia. The associations between relative income and happiness are stronger for individual income than family income in China, while the opposite is true in Japan and Korea. Even after controlling for the subjective assessment of family income or personal class identification within the society as a whole, income comparisons within the reference group matter for assessing happiness, especially when using family income for comparisons. Moreover, relative deprivation within the reference group, which is measured by the Yitzhaki index, is negatively related to happiness, providing more evidence for the validity of the relative income hypothesis.