城市规模与居民幸福感的关系

Relation on the city size and the sense of residents' well-being

利用2002年中国家庭收入调查数据,实证检验了城市规模与居民主观幸福度的关系。结果显示,二者存在显著的倒U形关系,随着城市规模的扩大,居民主观幸福感先增加,当城市规模达到一定程度,居民主观幸福感将降低。

Using data of Chinese household income survey(CHIPS) in 2002,this article tests the relationship between urban population size and subjective well-being.The results show a significant U-shaped relationship between these two variables,with the increase in city population size,subjective well-being increase firstly,when the city size reaches a certain level,subjective well-being will be reduced,so there is an optimal city ??size based on the subjective well-being.