The Effect of Urban Resilience on Residents’ Subjective Happiness: Evidence from China

Liping Liao, Minzhe Du () and Jie Huang
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Liping Liao: Department of Asset Appraisal, School of Public Finance and Taxation, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou 510320, China
Minzhe Du: Institute for Economic and Management Research, School of Economics and Management, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Jie Huang: Department of Economics, Business School, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the role of urban resilience in residents’ subjective happiness in China. Results show that the overall urban resilience is a critical factor in improving residents’ subjective happiness, and each sub-class resilience index of cities in the ecological, social, infrastructure, and economic aspects shows positive and significant correlations with residents’ subjective happiness. Heterogeneous results show that the effect of urban resilience is greater for residents with higher education or living in cities with larger population size. The mechanism results show that four possible channels are confirmed. The rise of urban resilience raises residents’ subjective happiness through increasing residents’ income or consumption, improving their health status, and raising their social trust or social integration. The main conclusion drawn from the empirical analysis is that raising urban resilience is an effective strategy to strengthen residents’ subjective happiness.

Keywords: urban resilience; principal component analysis; mechanism analysis; residents’ subjective happiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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