Gender differences in the impact on subjective well-being in China

作     者：Tao Tao Byron Y.Lee Lynda Jiwen Song Xiangdong Liu 

作者机构：School of Sociology and Population StudiesCenter for Population and Development StudiesRenmin University of ChinaBeijingChina China Europe International Business School(CEIBS)ShanghaiChina School of BusinessRenmin University of ChinaBeijingChina 

出 版 物：《Economic and Political Studies》 (经济与政治研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第6卷第4期

页      面：349-367页

学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 0302[法学-政治学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 04[教育学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 0701[理学-数学] 

基　　金：The study is supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(China)[grant number 71202147,71372161,and 71772176] the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities the Research Funds of Renmin University of China(China)[grant number 14XNI003] 

主　　题：China gender selfperceived status subjective well-being(SWB) 

摘      要：This article examines the relationship among subjective well-being(SWB),income and education in China through self-perceived social *** and women appear to use different socioeconomic markers to determine their self-perceived social status,which ultimately affects their subjective reports of *** using the data from the 2010 China General Social Survey(CGSS),this study finds a positive association between income and SWB for *** result also shows a positive association between education and SWB for ***,for women self-perceived social status is a strong mediator of income and happiness;while for men,selfperceived social status mediates the relationship between education and *** study highlights the importance of the cultural influence in understanding the differences in self-perceived social status outcomes by gender and how these differences ultimately influence the subjective measures of well-being in China.