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文章选自今年《Journal of Happiness Studies》的“Does Mobile Internet Use Affect the Subjective

Well-being of Older Chinese Adults? An Instrumental Variable Quantile Analysis.”该研究基于2010年CFPS

数据，由来自西南财经大学和北卡罗莱纳州立大学的两位学者合作完成。

 

JOURNAL

 

《Journal of Happiness Studies》, 03 February 2021

 

DOI

 

10.1002/hpm.2844.

 

AUTHOR

 

Haiyang Lu*；Ivan T. Kandilov

^{1. 西南财经大学; 2. North Carolina State University}

 

Does Mobile Internet Use Affect the Subjective Well-being of Older Chinese Adults?

An Instrumental Variable Quantile Analysis

 

ABSTRACT

 

Although mobile Internet has become an integral part of people’s daily life in the world today, research on

whether and to what extent mobile Internet use (MIU) affects the subjective well-being (SWB) of older

adults is scant. This paper focuses on the SWB-MIU gradients among older Chinese adults and contributes

to the literature by exploring the relationship between MIU and SWB across the entire distribution of older

adults’ SWB. Using nationally representative data from the China Family Panel Studies, we find that MIU

has a significant positive impact on the SWB of older adults in China. Employing an instrumental variable

quantile regression approach, we provide robust evidence of an asymmetric distributional impact of MIU

on SWB among older Chinese adults. In particular, we find that individuals with lower levels of SWB

benefit more from the usage of mobile Internet. The results further indicate that MIU can improve the

relationship between older adults and their adult children, and is conducive to the maintenance of kin ties,

which we interpret as potential mechanisms through which MIU positively affects SWB among older

Chinese adults.

 

DATA

 

Data from the CFPS (2010)

 

 

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