乡村数字治理的幸福效应

The Impact of Rural Digital Governance on Happiness

提升农民幸福感与获得感是中国进入新发展阶段后的重要任务。数字技术的发展推动了治理体系的数字化转型。数字治理能否成为农民幸福感的新驱动力量?以2020—2021年中国土地经济调查数据为样本,研究发现:乡村数字治理具有幸福效应,能够显著提升农村居民幸福感。机制分析表明基层政治信任在乡村数字治理影响农村居民幸福感的过程中发挥重要作用,乡村数字治理有助于强化农村居民基层政治信任,并在此基础上增强农村居民幸福感。进一步分析发现,乡村数字治理发挥信息效应,将提升农村居民信息可得性,该结论充分体现了数字技术对乡村治理的赋能作用。分样本回归结果显示,乡村数字治理对农村居民幸福感的促进作用在不具有精英家庭背景的子样本中更显著,由此证明乡村数字治理确实具有丰富治理参与主体、促进治理权力多元化的作用。

Enhancing the sense of happiness and well-being among farmers constitutes a critical task in the new stage of development.With the advancements in digital technology,the digital transformation of governance systems has been facilitated.Can digital governance emerge as a catalyst for farmershappiness?Embracing the theory of collaborative governance,this paper analyzes the impact mechanism of rural digital governance on the happiness of rural residents.Utilizing data from the China Land Economy Survey in 2020 and 2021 as samples,the study reveals that rural digital governance has a positive effect on happiness,significantly promoting the well-being of rural residents.Mechanism analysis highlights the influential role of grassroots political trust in the process by which rural digital governance impacts the well-being of rural residents.Rural digital governance helps fortify grassroots political trust among rural residents,thereby enhancing their overall well-being.Further analysis demonstrates that rural digital governance has a noteworthy information effect,enhancing the accessibility of information for rural residents.This conclusion underlines the empowering effect of digital technology on rural governance by relieving the information constraints faced by farmers during their participation in governance.Sub-sample regression results indicate that the contribution of rural digital governance to the well-being of rural residents was particularly significant among individuals without elite family backgrounds,consequently endorsing rural digital governance as an effective means to achieve collaborative governance.The findings have profound implications for further promoting the digital transformation of rural governance in the future.