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运用中国中西部地区4个省8个县64个村庄956个农村居民的调查数据,本文探讨了村庄直接民主对农村居民幸福感的影响。研究发现:村庄直接民主能够显著增加农村居民幸福感,村民大会召开次数每增加1个百分点带来的幸福感增加相当于农村居民家庭年人均纯收入增加1.62个百分点带来的幸福感增加;把穷人与非穷人分开进行分析时,村庄直接民主对非穷人的幸福感有显著的正向影响,但对穷人幸福感的增加没有显著影响。因此,本文认为,在客观条件允许的情况下,发展村庄直接民主仍是必要的,并应采取适当的政策促使村庄直接民主能够增进穷人的幸福。
Based on the survey data of 956 rural residents from 64 villages in 8 counties and 4 counties in central and western regions of China, this paper explores the impact of direct village democracy on rural residents’ well-being. The study found that direct village democracy can significantly increase the happiness of rural residents. Every 1% increase in the number of villagers’ assemblies leads to an increase in happiness which is equivalent to 1.62% increase in per capita net income of rural households. When the poor were analyzed separately from the non-poor, direct village democracy had a significant positive impact on the well-being of the non-poor but had no significant effect on the increase in the well-being of the poor. Therefore, this paper argues that the development of direct democracy in the villages is still necessary when objective conditions permit, and appropriate policies should be adopted to promote the direct democracy in the villages to promote the happiness of the poor.