Urbanization Construction, Economic Growth and Residents’ Happiness in Jiangsu Province

Kun Liang; Yong Ma; Tianzhu Gu; Rui Geng

doi:10.54691/fhss.v2i10.2372

Urbanization Construction, Economic Growth and Residents’ Happiness in Jiangsu Province

Kun Liang, Yong Ma, Tianzhu Gu, Rui Geng

Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, (2022), Vol.2, No.10, pp.15-24

Published: October 23, 2022

DOI: 10.54691/fhss.v2i10.2372

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Abstract

Under the background of common prosperity, the development of new urbanization should take urban agglomeration as the main body and residents’ happiness as the guide, and build a people-oriented urbanization structure system. Based on the China City Statistical Yearbook and China Labor-force Dynamics Survey data, this paper investigates the impact mechanism of the development of new urbanization and the economic status of residents on residents’ happiness. The results show that urbanization and residents’ economic status can promote residents’ happiness, and large cities have a greater sense of belonging, while the residents who live in medium-sized urban areas have insufficient happiness. Given the research results, the process of urbanization development, Jiangsu should build a rational urban scale and coordinate regional economic growth.

Keywords: Jiangsu Province; Residents’ Happiness; Urbanization; Economic Growth; Policy Path.

APA Citation: Kun Liang, Yong Ma, Tianzhu Gu, Rui Geng (2022). Urbanization Construction, Economic Growth and Residents’ Happiness in Jiangsu Province. Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(10), 15-24. https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v2i10.2372

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