Postmaterial values contribute to and alleviate global well-being disparities: Evidence from Gallup world poll data

IF 6 1区 经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES Cities Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI:10.1016/j.cities.2024.105510
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Global studies show a disparity in subjective well-being (SWB) between urban and rural areas, though the evidence is mixed. Some research finds lower SWB in rural areas, while others suggest urban materialism also reduces happiness. If SWB is constrained more by environmental factors than by personal choices, addressing these disparities is crucial. Understanding their root causes is key to developing targeted interventions that enhance well-being and ensure equity across different living environments. Policies should prioritize improving well-being where it is most needed, rather than enhancing happiness where it is already high. Previous efforts focused on material improvements but haven't fully bridged the gap. Our study, using Gallup World Poll data and instrumental variable regression, highlights the importance of postmaterial values—such as freedom of choice, community attachment, and youth development—in reducing these disparities. Based on Inglehart's theory of human aspirations, our research shows that deficiencies in postmaterial values, especially in education quality, significantly lower rural well-being, widening the urban-rural SWB gap. This issue persists across countries with varying GDP levels, suggesting that improving access to postmaterial values in rural areas can effectively reduce these disparities. Our findings advocate for policy strategies that prioritize these values in rural communities to address SWB disparities.
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后物质价值观有助于缩小全球福祉差距:来自盖洛普世界民意调查数据的证据
全球研究表明,城市和农村地区的主观幸福感(SWB)存在差异,但证据不一。一些研究发现,农村地区的主观幸福感较低,而另一些研究则表明,城市的物质主义也会降低幸福感。如果主观幸福感更多地受到环境因素而非个人选择的制约,那么解决这些差异就至关重要。了解其根本原因是制定有针对性的干预措施的关键,这些干预措施可以提高幸福感并确保不同生活环境中的公平。政策应优先考虑在最需要的地方改善幸福感,而不是在幸福感已经很高的地方提高幸福感。以往的努力侧重于物质方面的改善,但并没有完全弥补差距。我们的研究利用盖洛普世界民意调查数据和工具变量回归,强调了后物质价值观--如选择自由、社区归属感和青年发展--在缩小这些差距方面的重要性。基于英格尔哈特的人类愿望理论,我们的研究表明,后物质价值观的缺陷,尤其是教育质量的缺陷,大大降低了农村地区的幸福感,扩大了城乡之间的 SWB 差距。这一问题在国内生产总值水平不同的国家持续存在,这表明改善农村地区后物质价值的获取可以有效缩小这些差距。我们的研究结果主张制定政策战略,优先考虑农村社区的这些价值,以解决全部门福利差距问题。
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Cities URBAN STUDIES-
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期刊介绍: Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.
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