Economic Openness and Subjective Well-being in China

China and World Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 22-40

  Xin, Wen ^a   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic openness; Subjective well being; Urban China

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951718035     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2010.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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