主 题：Growth and Happiness in China, 1990-2015
主讲人：王 非
摘 要：From 1990 to 2000-2005 life satisfaction in China declined. Since then it has turned upward, but at present appears, on average, to be no greater and possibly less than a quarter century ago. Labor market conditions and the social safety net are what matters most to understand the course of well-being in China’s transition. In the first part of the transition, as economic restructuring is undertaken, jobs and safety net benefits shrink markedly for the disadvantaged members of the population. Well-being suffers severely, and the difference in life satisfaction by socio-economic status, which initially was quite small, widens markedly. As economic recovery takes hold, the job market improves. In addition, the government, in response to symptoms of economic distress, starts to repair the social safety net. The result is that life satisfaction, on average, turns upward, and the disparity in life satisfaction between the more and less affluent shrinks.
关于主讲人：王非，中国人民大学，劳动人事学院助理教授，取得美国南加州大学大学经济学博士学位，他的研究研究领域为发展经济学、人口经济学、劳动经济学、政策评估、应用微观计量。
时 间：2016年11月10日星期四15:30-17:10
地 点：学术会堂南楼608室
主办单位：人力资本与劳动经济研究中心