The Impact of Building Clean Energy Consumption on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from China

Sun, Zhiqun; Wu, Yanbo; Sun, Han‐Dong; Zhou, Dian; Yang, Liu; Qin, Lei

doi:10.3390/buildings12112037

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“…Using subjective well-being to represent residents' welfare helps overcome the limitations associated with using income as a measure of welfare. Happiness is a subjective concept that is difficult to objectify; therefore, using a questionnaire is a reasonable and feasible approach [32] .…”

Section: Research Design and Variable Processingmentioning

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Does the use of the internet enhance residents’ well-being?—Evidence from China

Wu,

Meng,

Liu

et al. 2024

Environ. Soc. Psychol.

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Using data from the 2018 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this study empirically examined the impact of Chinese residents’ Internet use on their subjective well-being. The results show that Internet use significantly increases residents’ subjective well-being; the results of the marginal effect show that the increase in Internet use increases the probability of residents choosing “Relatively happy” and “Extremely happy”; further analysis shows that Internet use increases the probability of residents choosing “Relatively happy” and “Extremely happy” through the marginal effect. “Moreover, in the heterogeneity analysis, Internet use significantly increases the subjective happiness of middle-aged people aged 35–60, and increases the subjective happiness of low-education and low-income groups, while rural residents have higher subjective well-being from Internet use relative to urban residents. This study mitigates the estimation bias that may be caused by the sample self-selection problem through propensity score matching (PSM), and conducts a series of robustness tests on the empirical results. Therefore, the government should emphasize the role of Internet use in enhancing residents’ happiness and promoting the happiness effect of Internet use by further improving Internet infrastructure and upgrading residents’ Internet use skills.

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Section: Research Design and Variable Processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does the use of the internet enhance residents’ well-being?—Evidence from China

Wu,

Meng,

Liu

et al. 2024

Environ. Soc. Psychol.

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“…It can be observed from the figure that the distribution of is close to the standard normal distribution with a mean close to 0. This indicates that the estimated equation passed the placebo test [ 41 ].…”

Section: Empirical Testmentioning

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The land of homesickness: The impact of homesteads on the social integration of rural migrants

Wu,

Xu,

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Promoting the social integration of rural migrants is key to improving the mechanism of rural-urban integration and development. This study utilizes the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey and matched urban macro data to systematically explore the impact of homesteads on the social integration of rural migrants. Research has shown that social integration of rural migrants will be inhibited if they own homesteads. Simultaneously, the degree of inhibition varies according to the individual characteristics of rural migrants, the region to which they belong, and other factors. Specifically, when rural migrants aged 18 to 50 own homesteads, their degree of social integration into the cities they move into will be low. At the same time, for rural migrants in the central region, homestead ownership will not affect their degree of social integration. In addition, the mechanism analysis shows that increased housing expenditure inhibits rural migrants’ willingness to integrate. Meanwhile, owning contracted land and owning a house in the city also affect the degree of social integration of rural migrants to a certain extent. The findings of this study can broaden research on the effects of land on the free movement of population factors. In the meantime, it provides theoretical references for improving the level of social integration of migrants, enhancing people’s well-being, and improving the mechanism of urban-rural integration and development.

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“…An interesting concept is an attempt to link the increase in the share of renewable energy in the energy mix with the level of happiness in societies. There are studies that confirm that such a positive relationship exists [26][27][28][29]. On the other hand, investments in renewable energy are often met with local resistance due to acoustic, odor or visual nuisance.…”

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Does Renewable Energy Matter for Economic Growth and Happiness?

Ostrowska,

Kotliński,

Markowski

2024

Energies

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This paper investigates whether renewable energy influences economic growth and happiness. Using panel data from 25 European Union countries for the period 2012–2022, this study employs a panel model for estimation with fixed and random effects, and robust HAC standard errors. According to the research results, in general, the growing share of renewable energy in the energy mix has a positive impact on economic growth and the happiness of citizens. However, detailed research has shown that this effect depends on the type of energy; a significant positive impact was recorded only in solar share energy, wind share energy and economic growth. However, almost all types of renewable energy were included, i.e., biofuel, hydro, solar and other renewable share energy, and all had a significantly positive impact on the level of happiness. The exception was wind share energy, which showed a significant negative impact. The research findings of this paper provide empirical support for promoting renewable energy, which is positive both for economies and the happiness of citizens. It is one of the main aspects of sustainable economic growth.

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The Impact of Building Clean Energy Consumption on Residents’ Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from China

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Does the use of the internet enhance residents’ well-being?—Evidence from China

Does the use of the internet enhance residents’ well-being?—Evidence from China

The land of homesickness: The impact of homesteads on the social integration of rural migrants

Does Renewable Energy Matter for Economic Growth and Happiness?

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