Abstract: Low-income settlement is a common problem existing in many countries. By using 2012 survey data of UN-HABITAT and CASS, this paper focuses on the change of original residents’ subjective happiness during the process of low-income settlement reconstruction in 6 cities of Liaoning. Several conclusions are obtained: (1) low-income settlement reconstruction produced significant effects on original residents’ happiness, the relation between income level and happiness exhibits the shape of “inverse-U” after reconstruction; (2) quantile regression estimation shows that the community life quality improvement affected positively on different happiness levels of original residents, while new communication methods and the change of neighbor relationship after reconstruction can’t improve subjective well-being; (3) according to the low-income class, the influence factors of happiness with other groups are so different and government’s indirect pro-poor policies received slightly less positive effect. Therefore, authorities should pay much attention to the effects before and after low-income settlement reconstruction.
Keywords: Low-income Settlement, Social Effect, Subjective Well-being, Liaoning
source:Finance & Trade Economics ,No6,2013