1 论文标题
Identity, Inequality, and Happiness : Evidence from Urban China
2 作者信息
Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi
3 出处和链接
http://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/rs/bitstream/10086/18368/1/gd09-131.pdf 一桥大学工作论文2010年第131号
4 摘要
This paper presents the impact of income inequality on the subjective wellbeing of three
different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their
hukou status: rural migrants, “born” urban residents, and “acquired” urban residents who had
changed their hukou identity from rural to urban. We focus on how the income disparity
between migrants and urban residents affects individual happiness. The main results are as
follows. People feel unhappy if inequality is related to their hukou identity, irrespective of
whether they are urban residents with or without hukou. However, when identity-related
inequality and other individual- and city-level characteristics are controlled, inequality
measured by city-level Gini increases happiness. We also find that among urban residents
who own hukou, mostly the “acquired” urban residents are unhappy with hukou-related
inequality. This implies that identity is formed by both policy and personal experience.
“Born” urban residents have lower happiness scores when they are old. Communist Party
members strongly dislike the identity-related inequality


本文最近被world development发表，具体信息：http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X11002865
注：Lu Ming=陆铭