IMPACT OF URBAN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON RESIDENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: A STUDY BASED ON MULTILEVEL MODELLING

YUE Li-ying; LI Kai-ming; WU Rui-jun

doi:10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2021.06.006

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6) : 53-59. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2021.06.006

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IMPACT OF URBAN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON RESIDENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: A STUDY BASED ON MULTILEVEL MODELLING

YUE Li-ying^1,2, LI Kai-ming³, WU Rui-jun^1,2

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Improving residents' subjective well-being is an important goal of building a harmonious and livable city and realizing people's desire for a better life. The ultimate goal of social and economic development and related policies is to enhance residents' well-being. However, with the increase of urbanization rate and per capita disposable income level in China, residents' subjective well-being shows a trend of decreasing instead of rising. Based on the 2016 Chinese labor force dynamic survey data, this paper uses a multilevel linear model to explore the relationship between urban educational attainment, average income and residents' subjective well-being. The conclusions are as follows:1) The happiness-income paradox does exist at the urban level in China. Urban economic variables have a significant negative correlation with residents' subjective well-being. 2) Compared with urban average income, urban educational attainment has a positive effect on residents' subjective well-being. 3) The interaction effect model shows that the impact of urban educational attainment on residents' well-being is complex, and there is obvious heterogeneity among different education groups.

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subjective well-being / happiness-income paradox / multilevel linear model / CLDS

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YUE Li-ying, LI Kai-ming, WU Rui-jun. IMPACT OF URBAN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON RESIDENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: A STUDY BASED ON MULTILEVEL MODELLING[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2021, 36(6): 53-59 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2021.06.006

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