越清洁越幸福?炊事燃料选择行为与居民主观幸福感

If the Cooking Fuel Was Cleaner, Would We Be Happier? Associations between Household Cooking Fuel Choice and Individual Subjective Well-Being in China

能源需求的满足是人类经济社会发展和繁荣的基础。本文利用中国社会综合调查(CGSS2015)数据,考察家庭炊事燃料选择行为对居民主观幸福感的影响,使用倾向评分匹配方法来解决潜在的选择性偏差,结果表明使用清洁炊事燃料能够显著提高居民的主观幸福感水平。组群差异结果表明,城市居民和较低收入居民能够从清洁炊事燃料的使用中获得更大的福利效应。清洁炊事燃料的使用通过改善健康状况和增加闲暇时间提升居民主观幸福感。本文的研究表明,清洁炊事燃料在提升居民幸福感的过程中具有重要作用,政府需要加大能源基础设施建设,提高清洁炊事燃料可获得性和可负担性。

The satisfaction of energy demand is the foundation of human economic and social development and prosperity. Based on the data from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2015 (CGSS2015), this paper studies the impact of household cooking fuel choice on individual subjective well-being (SWB). We use a propensity score matching method to address potential selection biases. The results show that using clean cooking fuel can significantly improve individual subjective well-being by improving health and increasing leisure time. Group difference analysis shows that, urban or lower income residents can benefit from greater welfare effects from the use of clean cooking fuels. This paper demonstrates that clean cooking fuel plays an important role in improving individual subjective well-being. The government needs to increase the construction of energy infrastructure and improve the availability and affordability of clean cooking fuel.