个人主观社会经济地位对地方政府信任的影响——主观幸福感和地方政府评价的链式中介效应
The Effect of an Individual’s Subjective Socioeconomic Status on the Trust of Local Government—The Chain Mediating Effect of Subjective Well-Being and Local Government Evaluation

背景：地方政府作为政策、制度的执行主体，与公众的联系十分密切。在“政民互动”的过程中，公众的主观社会经济地位可能会影响其主观幸福感和对地方政府的评价，从而影响地方政府信任水平。设计/方法：基于2020年中国家庭追踪调查数据(CFPS2020)，考察个人主观社会经济地位与地方政府信任的关系，并检验主观幸福感和地方政府评价在两者关系之间的中介作用。结论/发现：结果发现：个人主观社会经济地位正向预测地方政府信任。个人主观社会经济地位可以通过主观幸福感、地方政府评价以及两者的链式中介作用三条间接路径预测地方政府信任。意义：上述发现揭示了个人主观社会经济地位影响地方政府信任的内在机制，为国家如何从公众个人认知的角度制定有助于增强公众获得感和幸福感的政策，以提升地方政府信任水平提供了新的思路和参考路径。
Background: As the main body of implementing policies and systems, local governments have close ties with the public. In the process of “public-citizen interaction”, the subjective socioeconomic status of the public may affect their subjective well-being and local government evaluation, thereby affecting the level of trust of local governments. Design/Methodology: Based on the 2020 China Household Longitudinal Survey (CFPS2020), this paper examines the relationship between individual’s subjective socioeconomic status and trust of local government, and examines the mediating role of subjective well-being and local government evaluation in the relationship between the two. Conclusion/Findings: The results found that the subjective socioeconomic status of individuals positively predicts trust of local government. An individual’s subjective socioeconomic status can predict trust of local government through three indirect paths: subjective well-being, local government evaluation, and the chain mediating role of the two. Significance: The above findings reveal the internal mechanism of individuals’ subjective socioeconomic status affecting the trust of local governments, and provide new ideas and reference paths for how the state can formulate policies that help enhance the public’s sense of gain and happiness from the perspective of public personal cognition, so as to improve the level of trust of local government.