近代中国的幸福观探析——以传统儒家幸福观为参照

中国近代幸福观是古今中外文化交流融合的结果。与传统儒家的幸福观相比。近代幸福观带有自己明显的时代特征：充分肯定幸福的感性物欲向度;较为妥帖地安顿个体和群体在幸福中的位置;将不幸更多地归因于宏观的社会环境;获取幸福的路径更加多元化。     

改革开放以来广东幸福文化的现实演进

幸福是人人都追求的至高目标,但是由于历史文化、国情、个人观念等因素的影响,每个人的幸福理论又不尽相同,因此就诞生了形形色色的幸福文化。幸福文化大体说来可以分为重财富的物质幸福文化、重感情的精神幸福文化,和两者并重的社会幸福文化。这些文化在广东发展的不同时期都曾起过积极的作用,也曾在某种程度上滞后了广东的发展进程。本文将试着从改革开放以来的三个不同历史时期浅析广东幸福文化的现实演进过程,以求为幸福广东的建设提供理论支撑。     

A monetary valuation of individual religious behaviour: the case of prayer

The majority of the US population is religious. The value of a fundamental religious behaviour, prayer, is determined using the well-being valuation method. Theoretically appropriate Instrumental Variables (IV) are used to avoid bias in estimating the effects of household income and the frequency of prayer on well-being. The marginal value of an additional weekly prayer session for individuals already at the national mean is estimated to be $6550 per annum (2004 dollars). Praying at the frequency of the national mean of 8.1 prayer sessions weekly is valued at $53?055 (2004 dollars) per annum. This is larger than the median household income in the US in 2004: $44?684. This suggests that the perception of communion with God is highly valued by religious individuals.     

Income growth,redistribution, and subjective well-being in Taiwan – a simulation study

This study simulates different income growth and income distribution scenarios in Taiwan in 2001, and examines how social happiness and people's happiness at different income levels change. Without taking downward comparison into consideration, the simulation supports income redistribution in favour of the poor. When the downward comparison is taken into consideration, the simulation does not support any kind of income redistribution. The present study investigates the relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being, and shows that a change in the Gini index can be interpreted in terms of a shift in revealed subjective well-being.     

Subjective well-being in China: direct and indirect effects of rural-to-urban migrant status

The purpose of this article is to provide a recent investigation on the determinants of subjective well-being among Chinese adults, with particular emphasis on internal migrants who hold a rural hukou and have settled in cities. Based on a sample of 7846 adults stemming from the 2011 wave of CHNS survey, we estimate different happiness functions using ordered probit regressions. We first confirm the influence of traditional demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (i.e. age, marital status, gender, illness/injury, income, and education). Second, our results emphasize the importance of taking into account regional differences, but also the positive impact of leisure time and social connections. Finally, our results highlight that being a rural-to-urban migrant is significantly associated with a decrease in the probability of reporting good or very good life satisfaction. We show that this relationship seems to be shaped by direct and indirect effects, and we identify the mediating role of regional patterns and social relations.     

Remembering Joseph M. Becker,S.J.

“Critique” of the Neoclassical paradigm in economics is a vital intellectual contribution in its own right. The prevailing wisdom and last word in economics, enforced by the socializing experiences of young would-be economists, is that if you can’t build a better theory immediately, without resources or access to debate and discussion, you have no right to criticize the existing paradigm, This requirement cuts off challenge and debate in economics, strongly deters the development of alternative theories, and leads to a weaker, less interesting economic science.     

Guilt-Decreasing Marketing Appeals: The Efficacy of Vacation Advertising on Chinese Tourists

This study assesses the effectiveness of guilt-decreasing appeals in reducing anticipated guilt regarding a luxury vacation and the maintenance of the happiness associated with a guilty pleasure. An experiment involving two independent groups was conducted on a sample of Chinese tourists. The results show that guilt can be reduced without compromising the benefits of a guilty pleasure. The more successful an advertisement is in depressing anticipated guilt, the more successful it is in enhancing the attitude toward the advertisement and toward the promoted vacation. Implications for destination advertising are suggested.     

住房公积金是否提升了居民幸福感——基于中国家庭金融调查的实证研究

依据2013-2017年CHFS三期面板数据,利用面板Probit、倾向得分匹配等模型,考量住房公积金制度对居民幸福感的影响及作用机理。结果表明：缴存公积金对居民幸福感正向影响显著。异质性分析显示：住房公积金制度对居民幸福感的提升作用存在住房产权与住房贷款、收入水平以及工作单位属性的差异,对有房有贷和无房群体、中等收入以及在政府部门、事业单位或国有企业工作群体的提升作用更显著。进一步研究发现,住房公积金制度通过提高居民自有产权住房拥有率和未来购房可能性影响幸福感。鉴于此,应扩大公积金覆盖范围,降低制度对于首套住房的贷款利率,切实保障住有所居。     

中国区域发展梯度约束与和谐社会战略构局

中国的区域经济格局呈现梯度约束型。理论而言，不同的约束状态应当选择不同的发展战略，才能够达到国家与区域发展共赢的最大化战略目标。本文力求说明我国区域发展存在的这种约束差异与成因，并在揭示经济发展的终极目的的基础上．力求说服处在不同发展约束条件区域的行为者尤其是决策行为者选择符合区域最大化社会福祉实际的发展战略而不是盲目的工业化、城市化发展模式。这种基于梯度约束条件下的区域发展战略选择：一是为最广大人民谋幸福而非谋最大化的GDP偏好．二是实现国家的和谐社会发展战略构局。     

Is man doomed to progress?

This paper is dedicated to the empirical exploration of the welfare effect of expectations and progress per se. Using 10 waves of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS), a panel household survey rich in subjective variables, the analysis suggests that for a given total stock of inter-temporal consumption, agents are more satisfied with an increasing time profile of consumption: they seem to have a strong “taste for improvement”. This contributes to qualify the “Easterlin paradox” that income growth does not make people happy.