School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
China Institute for Poverty Reduction, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 23;19(23):15548. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315548.
In developing countries, housing difficulties and environmental problems for poor peasants are prominent. In 2008, China began to explore pilot projects for the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas and has achieved remarkable results. This paper examines the impact of China's Renovation Program of Dilapidated Houses on the life satisfaction of poor peasant households. Using firsthand survey data of four poverty-stricken counties in Gansu Province and the Propensity Score Matching method, we find that the program significantly improves the poor peasant households' life satisfaction, with a greater impact on non-poverty-stricken villages and general-assurance households. In the mechanism analysis, we find that these positive treatment effects are mainly driven by the increases in wage income and operating income. In addition, we relax the assumption of parallelism and use the Generalized Ordered Logit model to further explore how this impact varies between groups. We show that people with a high level of life satisfaction are more significantly affected by the program. This study provides evidence that a sustainable living environment can improve the overall wellbeing of rural residents.
在发展中国家，贫困农民的住房困难和环境问题较为突出。2008 年，中国开始探索农村危房改造试点项目，并取得了显著成效。本文考察了中国农村危房改造计划对贫困农户生活满意度的影响。利用甘肃省四个贫困县的一手调查数据和倾向得分匹配法，我们发现该计划显著提高了贫困农户的生活满意度，对非贫困村和一般保障户的影响更大。在机制分析中，我们发现这些积极的治疗效果主要是由工资收入和经营收入的增加驱动的。此外，我们放宽了平行假设，并使用广义有序逻辑模型进一步探讨了这种影响在群体之间的差异。结果表明，生活满意度较高的人群受到该计划的影响更为显著。本研究提供了证据表明，可持续的生活环境可以提高农村居民的整体幸福感。
