住房消费的攀比性与主观幸福感

Unrealistic Comparison of Housing Consumption and Subjective Well-being of Residents

为了研究我国居民住房消费的攀比性及其对居民主观幸福感的影响,采用对武汉居民的随机调查数据进行计量分析,通过研究发现:代表性居民住房消费对其亲友中住房条件较好者住房面积的弹性约为0.7,这表明居民住房消费具有重要的向上攀比性。采用ordered logistic模型进一步研究攀比性住房消费对居民主观幸福感的影响,发现居民住房面积与其亲友中住房条件较好者住房面积相差越大,居民幸福感越低;然而,如果代表性居民的住房面积超过其亲友中住房条件较好者的住房面积,其幸福感将不受其住房面积和亲友住房面积的影响。这意味着,过大的住房面积"对他人有害,对自己无益"。

This paper focuses on comparison of housing consumption and the influence of the compari- son on people＇s subjective well-being.Analyzing the data gathered from a random survey of residents in Wuhan,it is found that the residents＂ housing consumption elasticity of their relatives whose living condition is better is about 0.7 ,which indicates the housing consumption shows up to unrealistic com- parison.Using ordered logistic model to study how the comparison of housing consumption affects res- idents＂ subjective well-being,it is found that the larger the gap of housing area is between the resident and his relatives and friends, the less happy the resident will be. However, if the housing area of the resident is larger than that of his relatives and friends, the residents＂ well-being will no longer be influ- enced by the area gap, which means the oversize house is not beneficial for oneself but harmful for oth- ers.