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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (10): 154-164.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20201017

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Empirical Analysis on Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Stated-Owned Forest Area Based on Capability Approach: from the Perspective of Full Stop Commercial Logging

Yuyou Zou1,Jinqiu Li2,Guoshuang Tian1,*   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Northeast Forestry University Harbin 150040
    2. College of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University Harbin 150001
  • Received:2018-07-05 Online:2020-10-25 Published:2020-11-26
  • Contact: Guoshuang Tian

Abstract:

Objective: This paper was implemented to grasp the situations and determinants of the subjective well-being in state-owned forest area under full stop commercial logging, in order to provide a decision reference for testing the effects of ecological project, improving ecological policy and weighing the residents' livelihood of forestry. Method: Based on 657 monitoring data from state-owned forest reform, the basic characteristics of subjective well-being in state-owned forested area by using cross-linked tables were analyzed. Based on the capability approach of Amartya Sen, a theoretical model of influencing factors of subjective well-being in state-owned forest area was constructed. The factors influencing income satisfaction and life satisfaction of state-owned forest area were analyzed using ordered Logit model. The marginal effect analysis method was used to explore the influence degree of each factor. Result: Firstly, subjective well-being of state-owned forest area was not high, and lower than the subjective well-being of Chinese farmer and citizen. Secondly, the policy had different impacts on workers' income, the lag of infrastructure construction restricted the improvement of subjective well-being. The per-capital income level of forest area was similar, but the consumption level was significant, the number of part-time jobs was increasing. Thirdly, education, income, social security, policy equity and support policies had significant effects on income satisfaction in state-owned forest area. Gender, marriage, health, income, living condition, traffic, part-time job and social security had significant effects on life satisfaction in state-owned forest areas. Conclusion: The level of subjective well-being of state-owned forest area is under farmer and resident, and there are some differences in each dimension of subjective well-being in different forest areas. Full Stop Commercial Logging did not bring the changes of subjective well-being of workers' in state-owned forest area. Income is not the only way of subjective well-being in state-owned forest area, the protective guarantee becomes the core dimension that affects the subjective well-being of workers in state-owned forest area, social security is crucial to the subjective well-being of state-owned forest area, social equity is the leading factor to improve income satisfaction. Individual characteristics, economic conditions and living environments are three important factors to subjective well-being. In the future, the level of protective guarantee of workers and the solid foundation of infrastructure construction in state-owned forest area should be put forward to improve the subjective well-being.

Key words: full stop commercial logging, stated-owned forested area, subjective well-being, determinants

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