How Does the Accessibility to Basic Public Services Affect Rural Households'Sense of Gain?An Empirical Analysis Based on 1036 Rural Households from Hubei Province
From the perspective of the subjective welfare effect of the equalized construction of basic public services,this study systematically examines the impact of accessibility to basic public services on rural households'sense of gain and its mechanism based on data from 1036 questionnaires of rural households in seven cities in Hubei Province in 2021.The baseline regression results show that the accessibility to basic public services significantly increases rural households'sense of gain,and the findings remain robust after the Conditional Mixed Process method and a series of robustness tests are used to mitigate the endogeneity problem of the model.The study also explores the impact of different dimensions of accessibility to basic public service on rural households'sense of gain.The results show that the effects of accessibility to public education services,health care services,and public employment services are more prominent,while accessibility to public cultural and sports services does not significantly increase rural households'sense of gain.In terms of the mechanism of action,accessibility to basic public services enhances rural households'sense of gain through improved life well-being and fairness perception.The heterogeneity analysis shows that the accessibility to basic public services has a greater impact on the sense of gain for poverty-alleviated households than the general rural households,and the effect of accessibility to basic public services on the sense of gain is greater in villages with high levels of financial investment than with low levels.This study helps to examine and clarify the policy effects of the equalization of basic public services in the process of promoting shared development,and provides evidence to support the enhancement of rural households'livelihood well-being and the realization of shared development by the equalized construction of basic public services.
Sense of GainAccessibility to Basic Public ServicesLife Well-beingFairness Perception
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