Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2325-2340

  Appleton, Simon ^a   Song, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; economic growth; happiness; life satisfaction; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME; INFLATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53849141476     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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