From: Economic growth and subjective well-being: analyzing the formative mechanism of Easterlin Paradox
Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model4 | Model5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Micro-level variables | |||||
 Intercept | 4.025*** | 3.851*** | 4.003*** | 3.634*** | 3.470*** |
 Education | .020*** | .028*** | .019*** | .019*** | .028*** |
 Income (log) | .018*** | .029*** | .018*** | .018*** | .029*** |
 High quality entertainment | .023+ | .023+ | .019 | .023+ | .010 |
 Expenditure on entertainment (log) | .023*** | .024*** | .031*** | .023*** | .026*** |
Social inequality variables | |||||
 Gini coefficient | − .100 | − .099 | −.092 | − .041 | − .070 |
Macro-level variables | |||||
 GDP per capita | .018+ | .058** | .009+ | .083** | .134*** |
Interaction terms | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Education* GDP per capita |  | − .003* |  |  | − .003* |
 Income* GDP per capita |  | − .003* |  |  | − .003* |
 High entertainment* GDP per capita |  | .001 |  | .000 | |
 Exp. on cultural entertainment* GDP per capita |  |  | .002 |  | .001 |
 Gini coefficient* GDP per capita |  |  |  | − .184** | − .190** |
Control variables | |||||
 Sex | .094*** | .097*** | .094*** | .094*** | .097*** |
 Age | − .039*** | − .039*** | − .039*** | − .039*** | − .039*** |
 Age squared/100 | .001*** | .001*** | .001*** | .001*** | .000*** |
 Marital status | .264*** | .262*** | .264*** | .264*** | .262*** |
 Religious belief | .024 | .025 | .024 | .025 | .025 |
 Ethnicity | − .068+ | − 0.070+ | − .067+ | − .066+ | − .070+ |
 Party membership | .122*** | .125*** | .121*** | .121*** | .124*** |
 Hukou status | − .066* | − .072* | − .068* | − .067* | − .073* |