Village Democracy and Farmer Well-being——A Data Analysis Based on the China Rural Revitalization Survey
Enhancing farmers'well-being is the ultimate goal of social development.Using data from the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Survey(CRRS),this article explores the impact of village de-mocracy on rural residents'happiness,the mechanism and group differences of this impact.The re-search indicates that village democracy has a happiness effect and can significantly enhance rural resi-dents'well-being.Pathway mechanism analysis reveals that village democracy can improve rural resi-dents'happiness by enhancing their political trust,suppressing corruption at the grassroots level,and improving their subjective perception of the living environment.Furthermore,heterogeneity analysis shows that village democracy significantly affects the happiness of rural residents with less than a high school education,those aged 60 and above,and those who have completed the confirmation of rural homestead property rights.Therefore,to enhance rural residents'well-being,we can focus on valuing the process of village democracy,promoting farmers'democratic participation,maintaining relations be-tween the rural officials and residents,enhancing political trust to foster political trust,improving the ru-ral cultural environment,advancing the construction of harmonious and beautiful villages,refining super-visory mechanisms to strengthen anti-corruption measures,and addressing democratic matters relevant to the elderly and ensuring property stability for rural residents.
village democracywell-beingpolitical trustcommunity environmentcorruption in-hibition
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