Mobile Internet and Residents’ Happiness-Quantitative Analysis Based on CFPS

Based on the data of Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS), the research uses ordered probit model to test whether mobile Internet is positively related with residents’ happiness. And it finds that mobile Internet has a significant positive impact on residents’ happiness. The heterogeneity analysis shows that residents in rural area or below undergraduate degree are more likely to obtain happiness from mobile Internet. And the further study denotes that mobile Internet significantly reduces the contribution of income to residents’ perception of happiness.