Individual well-being in urban China: The role of income expectations

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-849

  Liu, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Shang, Qingyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Happiness; Income expectations; Transition economies; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867648917     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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