政府治理:以幸福为名——基于中国问卷调查数据的实证研究

The Correlation between People's Sense of Happiness and Governance

基于2012年中国问卷调查的经验数据,通过构建政府治理与公众幸福感的有序概率模型,检验政府治理对公众幸福感的影响及其传导机制。研究结果表明:政府治理与公众主观幸福感显著正相关,政府绩效和监管质量有助于提升公众的幸福感,而法治水平则降低了公众幸福感;幸福层级和分群样本下政府治理及其子项对幸福感的影响效果各异;传导途径出现多元化,且各传导变量效果不一,间接传导效果明显优于直接作用效果。这意味着,提高政府治理水平有利于改善政府行政办事效率,积极推进法治建设,优化财政支出结构,强化监管质量,以期满足不同层级居民的差异化需求,提升公众幸福感。

This paper examines the impact of governance on people's sense of happiness and its transmission mechanism based on a questionnaire made in China in 2012 by constructing an ordered probability model of governance and sense of happiness. The result shows that there is a significant positive correlation between the two. Government performance and regulation can improve people's sense of happiness while the level of ruling with lawreduces it. The impacts of governance and its sub-item under various happiness levels and sample groups are different,and the transmission channels are diversified and the transmitting variables have different results,among which a very obvious positive effect is achieved by an indirect transmission. Therefore,to improve the happiness sense of various people and satisfy their needs,the government should improve its governance,enhance administrative efficiency,promote the construction of legal system,optimize the structure of financial expenditure,and strengthen the quality of governmental regulation.