The Dark Side of Chinese Growth: Declining Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Economic Boom

By S. Bartolini, Francesco Sarracino. 2015

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Over the last two decades, subjective well-being in China declined. Using data from the World Values Survey, we identify predictors of the trend in life satisfaction in China during 1990–2007. Social comparisons and the decline of social capital explain the decrease in well-being, and they are strictly connected to the increasing orientation of Chinese people toward materialistic values. The increasing role of social comparisons is also a key factor in the increase of well-being inequalities between income classes.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Health

1. Francesco Sarracino
2. Joshua K. Dubrow
3. M. Mikucka

In Social Psychology

1. Francesco Sarracino
2. Joshua K. Dubrow
3. M. Mikucka

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Francesco Sarracino
2. Joshua K. Dubrow
3. M. Mikucka

Citations in the corpus

• When Does Economic Growth Improve Life Satisfaction? Multilevel Analysis of the Roles of Social Trust and Income Inequality in 46 Countries, 1981–2012 (2017, background): “Some scholars argue that contemporary societies should not expect significant improvement of subjective well-being from economic growth (Easterlin, 1974; Easterlin et al., 2010; Layard, 2005; Bartolini and Sarracino, 2015); others contend that economic growth and increasing subjective well-being are”