享受型消费是否提高了居民幸福感?——基于中国家庭追踪调查CFPS的实证分析

Does Enjoyment-oriented Consumption Improve Inhabitants' Happiness?Evidence from China Family Panel Studies

随居民收入水平的提高,家庭消费不断从生存发展型向享受型过渡。本文根据效用函数理论,运用中国家庭追踪调查(China Family Panel Studies)2012、2014和2016三年的数据,采用Ordered Probit计量模型,实证检验了家庭享受型消费如何影响居民幸福感。研究发现,家庭享受型消费对居民幸福感有显著正向影响,这种影响在性别间没有显著差异,在收入更不平等的省份中,高收入人群从享受型消费中获得的幸福感更大。这些结论可以为政府提高居民消费尤其是进行消费升级提供可靠的政策依据。

With the increase of inhabitants’ income, the purpose of households’ consumption is transferring from survival and development to enjoying leisure. According to the theory of utility function, this paper uses Ordered Probit Estimation method to verify how enjoyment-oriented consumption can influence an individual’s happiness, based on the data of China Family Panel Studies in 2012, 2014 and 2016. The result shows enjoyment-oriented consumption can dramatically promote inhabitant’s happiness. Nevertheless, the gender difference is not apparent for such influence. In provinces which suffer relatively high income inequality,enjoyment-oriented consumption can bring high income group more happiness. These findings can provide reliable evidence for the government to promote inhabitants’ consumption, especially to realize consumption upgrade.