Subjective well-being and its determinants in rural China

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-649

  KNIGHT, John ^a   SONG, Lina ^b   GUNATILAKA, Ramani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspirations; China; Happiness; Poverty; Reference groups; Relative deprivation; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350044577     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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