上山下乡经历对知青收入和幸福感的影响

The Impact of Sent-Down Experience on Educated Youths' Income and Happiness

本文采用中国综合社会调查(CGSS)2003年和2006年数据,运用处理效应模型和有序probit模型分别考察了上山下乡经历对知青收入和幸福感的影响。总体回归结果表明,上山下乡经历能使个体增加42%的收入,但同时会减少13%的幸福感;子样本分析结果表明,上山下乡经历对收入的正向影响和幸福感的负向影响非常稳健。本文的研究为上山下乡运动的历史评价提供了客观依据,为伊斯特林悖论提供了个性特征维度的新解释,为新人力资本理论提供了新的经验证据支持,为当前的大学生基层就业政策提供了有益启示。

This paper employs the treatment effect model and the ordered probit model to investigate the impact of sent-down experience on educated youths＇ income and happiness by using data from China General Social Survey in 2003 and 2006. The overall sample regression results show that sent- down experience increases individuals＇ income by 42 percent, but at the same time reduces individuals＇ happiness by 13 percent. Sub-sample analysis results show that the positive impact of sent-down experience on income and the negative impact of sent-down experience on happiness are very robust. This study provides objective evidence for the historical evaluation of sent-down movement, new interpretation for the Easterlin paradox from the view of personality perspective, new empirical evidence to support the new human capital sent-down policy of college graduates＇ employment. theory, and useful inspiration for the current