China Academy of Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
School of Economics and Management, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
PLoS One. 2020 Mar 11;15(3):e0230065. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230065. eCollection 2020.
Village collectives are important providers of rural public goods in developing countries with dual urban-rural structures. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between the public goods provided by village collectives and the subjective well-being (SWB) of rural residents. This study aims to fill that gap. Based on the 2014 round of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey data, this study estimates an ordered logit model of a SWB function to examine the role of the public goods provided by village collectives. The results indicate that village collectives' provision of public goods has a significantly positive effect on the SWB of rural residents by promoting the dual growth of household income and consumption. Village collectives' public expenditures on production, education, and public services also positively affect the SWB of rural residents. The public goods provided by village collectives have a significantly positive effect on the SWB of young and middle-aged rural residents but not on the SWB of elderly rural residents. Finally, rural residents with low levels of education and health obtain more SWB effects than do residents with high levels.
村庄集体是具有城乡二元结构的发展中国家农村公共品的重要提供者。然而，很少有研究调查村庄集体提供的公共品与农村居民主观幸福感（SWB）之间的关系。本研究旨在填补这一空白。基于 2014 年中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）的数据，本研究通过估计一个 SWB 函数的有序逻辑模型来检验村庄集体提供的公共品的作用。结果表明，村庄集体通过促进家庭收入和消费的双重增长，提供公共品对农村居民的 SWB 有显著的积极影响。村庄集体在生产、教育和公共服务方面的公共支出也对农村居民的 SWB 产生积极影响。村庄集体提供的公共品对中青年农村居民的 SWB 有显著的积极影响，但对老年农村居民的 SWB 没有影响。最后，教育和健康水平较低的农村居民获得的 SWB 效果比教育和健康水平较高的居民要好。
