Homeownership and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China: Does Owning a House Make You Happier?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 951-971

  Hu, Feng ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology Beijing   (China)

Author keywords

China; Happiness; Housing; Ordered probit model

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOMEOWNERSHIP; MODELING; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 84872497546     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9967-6     Document Type: Article

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