经济增长、亲贫式支出与国民幸福——基于中国幸福数据的实证研究

Economic growth, propoor spending and national happiness——Empirical study based on China’s well-being data

本文利用2001年和2007年世界价值观调查数据的中国部分,运用有序概率模型考察经济增长、亲贫式支出对我国居民主观幸福感的影响。实证分析发现:(1)无论是在动态的时间序列上还是静态的省际横截面上,我国都出现了经济增长与国民幸福感发生背离的现象,即存在"幸福悖论";(2)由教育、医疗和社会保障构成的亲贫式支出对国民幸福感有显著的促进作用,它可以作为解决"幸福悖论"的重要手段,并有利于促进国民幸福的持续提升。因此,提高经济增长质量,增加亲贫式支出应为增强居民幸福感的题中之义。

Using the data of World Values Survey concerning China from 2001 to 2007, we adopt Ordered Probability Model to examine the influence of economic growth, pro - poor spending on the subjective well - being of Chinese residents. The empirical analysis finds that： （1） Whether in a dynamic time series or at the static inter - provincial cross - section, there is a phenomenon of the deviation of economic growth from national happiness in China, i.e., ＂happiness paradox＂; （2） pro - poor spending consisting of education medical care and social security plays an obviously positive role in improving national happiness, it can be an important means to solve the problem of ＂happiness paradox＂, and it benefits the continuous improvement of national happiness. As a result, to improve the quality of economic growth and increase pro - poor spending should be the focus of enhancing the residents＇ happiness.