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C3c Urbanization and Happiness: Evidence from China
Key Words
urbanization rate, happiness, China Family Panel Studies
Short Description
In recent years, China's rapid advance of urbanization has improved the living standard of the residents. However, the problems brought about by the urban expansion cannot be ignored. In this paper, data of 4 waves (2010,2012,2014,2016) from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conducted by Institute of Social Science Survey at Peking University is used to explore how residents' happiness change with the increase of urbanization rate. The definition of urbanization rate is the ratio of urban population to the total population in a specific city (county). Results show that urbanization rate and happiness have a U-shaped relationship. Namely, if the urbanization rate is lower than 0.5, residents' happiness will decrease with the increase of urbanization rate. If the rate is higher than 0.5, the happiness will increase when the urbanization rate is rising. Cluster analysis is used to examine the relationship at the province level. Police makers should make more effort to develop medium cities especially cities that are conducive to industrial transfer and regional coordinated development to enhance residents' happiness.
First & Corresponding Author
Chengyang Yan, Renmin university of China
Authors in the order to be printed
Chengyang Yan, Yuehao Wang