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Can the government enhance the happiness of entrepreneurs?: evidence from China

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  • Li Xiong
  • Tingting Wu
  • Yulan Li
  • Hao Chen

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As China’s economy enters a new normal, economic growth shifts from factor investment to innovation. The quality of government needs to be improved to create a good environment for the development of innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper uses the CGSS data to empirically study the impact of government quality on the happiness of entrepreneurs. Research shows that the improvement of government quality can significantly improve the self-rated happiness of entrepreneurs, but these three dimensions have different effects, and only the public goods supply index has a significant impact. According to the analysis by region and city level, the government quality has a significant impact on the happiness of entrepreneurs in the less-developed non-eastern and non-provincial cities, but insignificant in the eastern and provincial cities.

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  • Li Xiong & Tingting Wu & Yulan Li & Hao Chen, 2020. "Can the government enhance the happiness of entrepreneurs?: evidence from China," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 227-249, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:25:y:2020:i:2:p:227-249
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2019.1643694
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    1. Norizzati Bahsri & Zaleha Yazid & Zafir Mohamed Makhbul & Nor Asiah Omar, 2023. "Systematic Literature Review on the Factors Affecting the Well-Being of Entrepreneurs in Malaysian SMEs," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, June.

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