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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Positive Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1432789
This article is part of the Research Topic Well-being in Asia View all 10 articles

How does educational inequality affect residents' subjective wellbeing?--Evidence from China

Provisionally accepted
Difeng Lin Difeng Lin *Zeyun Liu Zeyun Liu *
  • Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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    In the context of promoting educational equity and improving welfare, exploring ways to further enhance residents' subjective well-being from the perspective of educational equity holds significant practical importance.This study uses the educational Gini coefficient to measure the educational inequality index across different provinces and cities, and matches it with data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to investigate the relationship between educational inequality and residents' subjective well-being. The research findings reveal a significant negative correlation between educational inequality and residents' well-being, with observed heterogeneity. Specifically, educational inequality has a greater negative impact on groups with lower levels of wellbeing, rural areas, and the central and western regions of China. Mechanism analysis confirms the income distribution effect and economic growth effect of educational inequality. Therefore, increasing attention to the issue of educational equity and understanding the well-being effects of educational inequality are of great significance for the Chinese government in improving residents' welfare in the new era.

    Keywords: Residents' well-being, Educational Inequality, Income disparity, economic growth, Well-being

    Received: 14 May 2024; Accepted: 07 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lin and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Difeng Lin, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
    Zeyun Liu, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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