Subjective well-being in China, 2005-2010: The role of relative income, gender, and location
Subjective well-being in China, 2005-2010: The role of relative income, gender, and location
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chieco.2015.12.010
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
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6.8
通讯作者：
Yeoh, Emile
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作者：
Asadullah, M. Niaz;Xiao, Saizi;Yeoh, Emile
我们使用了两轮中国综合社会调查(CGSS)的数据，研究了2005年至2010年期间中国的主观幸福感的决定因素，在此期间，所有收入群体的自我报告幸福感得分都有所上升。幸福感的有序概率回归分析表明，性别、农村户籍和家庭收入对幸福感的影响较大。在控制了人口统计属性、健康状况、失业状况、子女数量、农业户口(户籍)和教育程度、家庭资产、过去和未来收入的影响以及省份假人等因素后，我们发现，女性、城镇居民和收入较高的人在中国更幸福。更多的教育、更好的健康和就业与幸福感呈显著正相关。子样本分析表明，富人只关心相对收入，而绝对收入的影响在贫困人群中占主导地位。与男性相比，绝对收入对女性的影响更大，这反过来解释了为什么女性尽管更穷，但在社会经济差异的条件下，中国更幸福。另一方面，农村居民比城市居民更贫穷，所以在收入相同的条件下，没有城乡幸福差距。我们的结果表明，虽然贫困的进一步减少将提高中国的幸福感，但减少城乡和性别不平等的政策也可能提高幸福感。(C)2016 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being reveals large influence of gender, rural residency, and household income. After controlling for demographic attributes, health status, unemployment status, number of children, agricultural hukou (household registration identity) and educational attainment, household assets, the influence of past and future income, and province dummies, we find that women, urban residents, and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health, and being employed are positively and significantly correlated with well-being. Sub-sample analysis reveals that the rich only care about relative income whereas the effect of absolute income dominates in case of the poorer section. The influence of absolute income is larger among women compared to men and in turn explains why women, despite being poorer, are happier in China, conditional on socioeconomic differences. On the other hand, rural residents are poorer than urban residents so that conditional on having the same income, there is no rural-urban happiness gap. Our results suggest that while further decline in poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost well-being. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.