Perceived Social Policy Fairness and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from China |
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Authors: | Feng Sun Jing Jian Xiao |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China;(2) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA |
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Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between perceived fairness of social policies and subjective well-being. Two types of
policies examined were related to income distribution and social security. Subjective well-being was measured by work and
life satisfaction. In addition, subjective well-beings between different income, age, and education groups in the context
of perceived social justice were compared. With data from a random telephone survey conducted in Beijing, China among 2,113
respondents, findings from structural equation modeling indicate perceived fairness of social security and income distribution
policies are positively associated with subjective well-being. After controlling for income, age, and education, the effect
of income distribution fairness on work satisfaction was still positive and significant but had decreased in intensity, while
the effect size on life satisfaction had changed little. Effects of social security fairness on both life and work satisfaction
were still significant but had changed in different directions after adding demographic variables, in which the effect on
life satisfaction had increased, while the effect on work satisfaction had decreased in size. |
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