2022
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903398
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Influence of college education on happiness: A quasi-experimental study based on higher education expansion in China

Abstract: Previous studies have documented a positive association between college education and happiness. However, the endogeneity of college education attainment is rarely examined, and a more robust link between college education and happiness needs to be built. Based on the Chinese General Social Survey data of 2017, the present study used the quasi-experiment of China’s higher education expansion started in 1999 to construct a fuzzy regression discontinuity design to examine the causal association between college e… Show more

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“…In addition, the DAS scores of social groups with more than 12 years of education had lower DAS scores than those with 7-12 years, which re ected the hidden value problems in higher education. According to a study on the value orientation of Chinese higher education, modern Chinese higher education has achieved great success in popularization, informatization, scale, and other areas, and had trained a large number of outstanding, high-quality talents 23,24 . This study suggested that higher education should emphasize morality and values to improve public attitudes and empathy for AD sufferers.…”
Section: Analysis Of the Impact Of Various Variables On Adks And Dasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, the DAS scores of social groups with more than 12 years of education had lower DAS scores than those with 7-12 years, which re ected the hidden value problems in higher education. According to a study on the value orientation of Chinese higher education, modern Chinese higher education has achieved great success in popularization, informatization, scale, and other areas, and had trained a large number of outstanding, high-quality talents 23,24 . This study suggested that higher education should emphasize morality and values to improve public attitudes and empathy for AD sufferers.…”
Section: Analysis Of the Impact Of Various Variables On Adks And Dasmentioning
confidence: 99%