Happiness Inequality in China
| Autor: | Kai Liu, Jidong Yang, Yiran Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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education.field_of_study
Inequality media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Population 050109 social psychology jel:J21 050105 experimental psychology jel:I31 General Social Survey Economic inequality jel:J17 jel:J28 jel:I28 Happiness 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Job satisfaction Demographic economics Positive psychology Psychology China education Social Sciences (miscellaneous) happiness inequality income income inequality education China media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Happiness Studies. 20:2747-2771 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7780 1389-4978 |
| Popis: | Along with China becoming an upper-middle-income country from a lower-middle-income one after 2009, the happiness inequality in China has been enlarged. Based on the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) database (2003-2012), this paper investigates the determinants of the happiness inequality in China and explores what factors contribute to its enlargement after 2009. We find that a rise of income inequality as well as the population share of middle age cohorts can widen China’s happiness inequality, while an increase in income or education level has a reducing impact. Owning a house and being in employment also have happiness inequality reducing impacts. A decomposition analysis shows that the deterioration of China’s happiness inequality is mainly caused by coefficient effects, i.e., the relationships between happiness inequality and its influencing factors have changed, which reflects the dramatic change in the Chinese economy and society. Among the coefficient effects, regional heterogeneity plays an important role. Policies enhancing economic performance and education as well as reducing income inequality and regional inequality can help to reduce happiness inequality and improve social harmony in China. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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