scholarly journals Government performance, political trust, and citizen subjective well-being: evidence from rural China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisheng Dong ◽  
Daniel Kübler
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Time well spent versus a life considered: changing subjective Well-Being in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
By Shu Cai ◽  
Albert Park ◽  
Winnie Yip
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adaptation Theory ◽  
Day Reconstruction Method ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
Experienced Utility ◽  
Positive Feelings

Abstract Using unique longitudinal survey data that employed the Day Reconstruction Method to measure experienced utility (EU) in rural China, this study reveals striking differences in the trends for life satisfaction and EU. We find that reported life satisfaction changed little over the period from 2006 to 2009. However, EU increased significantly during the same period. The improvement in EU is mainly due to more positive feelings about specific activities rather than changes in the time spent on different activities. These findings are consistent with the predictions of aspiration adaptation theory.

scholarly journals Winning and Losing Democratic Elections: Effects on Political and Social Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimiter Toshkov ◽  
Honorata Mazepus
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Politics And Government ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Democratic Elections ◽  
Government Responsiveness

In democracies, losing free and fair elections is a normal part of politics, and the consent of losers is needed for the survival of democratic government itself. But being on the losing side of the electoral contest can trigger important changes in the political and social attitudes, and even in the life outlook and subjective well-being of citizens. Based on individual-level survey data from 25 European countries and two time periods (2012 and 2018), we show that there is a significant gap between people who have voted for the parties in government and the losers of democratic elections when it comes to a wide set of political attitudes, including political trust, perceived efficacy and importance of government responsiveness and perceptions about how politics and government work. We also find that the gap between winners and losers extends to social trust, country attachment, feeling happy, healthy, safe, and optimistic, life satisfaction and perceived place in society. Most of these effects are greater in new democracies and for citizens with strong partisan attachments, some are bigger for men, and many are mediated by satisfaction with the government. Losing elections is hard for politics, but it could also be hard for the soul.

scholarly journals The Effects of Co-Residence on the Subjective Well-Being of Older Chinese Parents

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2090
Author(s):  
Shanwen Zhu ◽  
Man Li ◽  
Renyao Zhong ◽  
Peter C. Coyte
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Elderly Parents ◽  
Chinese Parents ◽  
Longitudinal Study Design ◽  
Older Chinese

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of co-residence on the parental subjective well-being among older Chinese parents. Our analysis included 2968 elderly parents. Parental subjective well-being was stratified into positive well-being (PWB) and negative well-being (NWB). Positive well-being was assessed through questions about life satisfaction, optimism, and happiness and NWB was measured by questions about fear, loneliness, and feelings of uselessness. We found co-residence with adult children resulted in a significant average increase in PWB by 0.17 points relative to those who did not cohabitate. In rural China, co-residence with adult children significantly increased PWB by 0.19 points, and co-residence with a son significantly increased parental PWB by 0.18 points. Negative well-being fell significantly by 0.63 points if co-residence was with an adult daughter. Our findings imply that support from adult children significantly improved parental PWB, especially for the elderly in rural China. Public policies that facilitate the strengthening of cohabitation may help improve the well-being for older Chinese residents. Our study makes two main contributions to the international literature: first, we strengthened the causal inferences regarding the effects of co-residence with adult children on parental well-being through the use of a longitudinal study design; and second, we introduced a difference-in-differences propensity score matching (PSM-DID) approach to address potential selection bias that has previously been ignored in the literature.

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