经济增长与幸福感背离的制度经济学阐释

Interpretation of the Deviation between Economic Growth and Happiness from the Perspective of Institutional Economics

当前,"幸福悖论"成为阻碍人民追求美好生活的障碍之一。然而,人们对幸福感概念理解的差异性导致幸福感长期停留在主观心理认知层面,进而导致"幸福悖论"本身存在多元化的表现形式。从后发劣势理论视角出发,解析"幸福悖论"产生的制度性因素,进一步澄清制度因素在经济增长与幸福感互动关系中的基础性作用。释放制度红利有助于消除滋养"幸福悖论"的制度环境,并为从微观视角探究经济增长与幸福感之间复杂关系创造了可能性条件。

At present,the“happiness paradox”has become one of the obstacles to people’s pursuit of a better life. However, the differences in people’s understanding of the concept of happiness lead to the long-term subjective psychological cognition of happiness,which brings about the existence of diversified forms of the“happiness paradox”itself. From the perspective of the theory of backwardness disadvantage,this paper analyzes the institutional factors resulting from the“happiness paradox” and further clarifies the basic role of institutional factors in the interactions between economic growth and happiness. Releas. ing institutional bonus is conducive to eliminating the institutional environment that nourishes the“happiness paradox”and creates possible conditions for exploring the complex relationship between economic growth and happiness from a micro per. spective.