绝对收入、社会阶层认同与农村居民幸福感——基于CGSS的微观经验证据

Income,Class Identity,and Happiness of Rural Residents——Empirical Analysis Based on Intermediary Effect Model

本文利用2012年、2013年和2015年CGSS微观数据,采用有序Probit模型分析绝对收入、社会阶层认同、农村居民幸福感三者之间的关系。通过引入社会阶层认同作为中介变量,将绝对收入对农村居民幸福感的影响分解为直接效应和间接效应。研究结果表明:(1)增加绝对收入有助于显著提高农村居民幸福感。(2)社会阶层认同在绝对收入影响农村居民幸福感中呈现部分中介效应,并且中介作用会随着绝对收入的增加而扩大。(3)异质性分析发现,绝对收入对农村居民幸福感的促进作用在农民年龄30~60岁、低收入和低市场竞争程度的分组中更为明显。

Based on the microdata of CGSS in 2012,2013,and 2015,this paper uses the ordered probit model to analyze the relationship among absolute income,social class identity,and rural residents’happiness.The impact of absolute income on the happiness of rural residents is divided into direct effect and indirect effect through the intermediary variable of social class identity.The results show that,first,increasing absolute income can significantly improve the happiness of rural residents.Second,social class identity has a partial mediating effect on rural residents’happiness,and the mediating effect will expand with the increase of absolute income.Third,further heterogeneity analysis demonstrates that absolute income promoted rural residents’well-being more significantly in the groups of 30-60 years old farmers,low-income,and low market competition.