相对收入与夫妻主观幸福感——基于CFPS2020数据的实证研究

Relative Income and Subjective Well-Being of Couples——Empirical Research Based on CFPS2020 Data

随着经济发展和社会进步,女性的劳动市场参与率逐渐提高,妻子收入高于丈夫的现象不断出现。本文基于CFPS2020家庭微观数据,实证分析了妻子相对收入对夫妻双方主观幸福感的影响。研究发现:一是妻子相对收入增加会降低夫妻整体主观幸福感,对丈夫主观幸福感有显著的负向影响,但对妻子主观幸福感影响不显著。二是通过异质性分析发现,在高学历、高年龄、低家庭收入样本中相对收入对主观幸福感有显著的负向影响,但在低学历、低年龄、高家庭收入样本中并不显著。据此提出应削弱传统性别身份认同规范,从而弱化妻子相对收入提高对夫妻幸福感的负面作用。

With the advancement of economic development and social progress,there has been a gradual in-crease in women’s participation rate in the labor market,leading to a persistent occurrence of wives earning higher incomes than their husbands.Drawing on CFPS2020 household micro-data,this study empirically exam-ines the impact of wives’relative income on the subjective well-being of both spouses.The findings are as follows:Frist,an increase in wives’relative income is associated with a decrease in overall subjective well-being for couples,particularly having a significant negative effect on husbands’subjective well-being while not significantly affecting wives’subjective well-being.Second,heterogeneity analysis shows that relative income has a significant negative impact on subjective well-being in the samples of high educa-tion,high age and low family income.However,it does not have a significant impact among those with low edu-cation levels,younger age groups,and high family income brackets.Consequently,it is recommended to weaken traditional gender identity norms as an approach to mitigate the adverse effects of wives’relative income on marital happiness.