Quality of Life in Chinese Cities

Tiechou Shi, Wenzhang Zhu, Shihe Fu
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Abstract The Rosen-Roback spatial equilibrium theory states that cross-city variations in wages and housing prices reflect urban residents' willingness to pay for urban amenities or quality of life. This paper is the first to quantify and rank the quality of life in Chinese cities based on the Rosen-Roback model. Using the 2005 1% Population Intercensus Survey data, we estimate the wage and housing hedonic models. The coefficients of urban amenity variables in both hedonic models are considered the implicit prices of amenities and are used as the weights to compute the quality of life for each prefecture-level city in China. In general, provincial capital cities and cities with nice weather, good air quality, and accessible public transit have high quality of life. We also find that urban quality of life is positively associated with the subjective well-being of urban residents.
中国城市的生活质量
Rosen-Roback空间均衡理论认为,城市间工资和房价的变化反映了城市居民为城市便利设施或生活质量付费的意愿。本文首次基于Rosen-Roback模型对中国城市生活质量进行了量化和排名。利用2005年1%人口普查数据,我们估计了工资和住房享乐模型。两个享乐模型中的城市舒适变量系数被认为是舒适的隐性价格,并被用作计算中国每个地级市生活质量的权重。一般来说,省会城市和气候宜人、空气质量好、公共交通便利的城市,生活质量都很高。我们还发现,城市生活质量与城市居民主观幸福感呈正相关。
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