Lin Difeng, Liu Zeyun
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Nov 28;15:1432789. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1432789. eCollection 2024.
In the context of promoting educational equity and improving welfare, exploring ways to further enhance residents' subjective well-being from the perspective of educational equity holds significant practical importance. This study uses the educational Gini coefficient to measure the educational inequality index across different provinces and cities, and matches it with data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to investigate the relationship between educational inequality and residents' subjective well-being. The research findings reveal a significant negative correlation between educational inequality and residents' well-being, with observed heterogeneity. Specifically, educational inequality has a greater negative impact on groups with lower levels of well-being, rural areas, and the central and western regions of China. Mechanism analysis confirms the income distribution effect and economic growth effect of educational inequality. Therefore, increasing attention to the issue of educational equity and understanding the well-being effects of educational inequality are of great significance for the Chinese government in improving residents' welfare in the new era.
在促进教育公平和改善福利的背景下，从教育公平的角度探索进一步提升居民主观幸福感的途径具有重要的现实意义。本研究使用教育基尼系数来衡量不同省市的教育不平等指数，并将其与中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）的数据相匹配，以研究教育不平等与居民主观幸福感之间的关系。研究结果显示，教育不平等与居民幸福感之间存在显著的负相关关系，且存在异质性。具体而言，教育不平等对幸福感较低的群体、农村地区以及中国中西部地区的负面影响更大。机制分析证实了教育不平等的收入分配效应和经济增长效应。因此，加大对教育公平问题的关注，了解教育不平等对幸福感的影响，对中国政府在新时代改善居民福利具有重要意义。
