Subjective well-being among preadolescents and their parents - Evidence of intergenerational transmission of well-being from urban China

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-18

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Lampi, Elina ^a   Li, Wanxin ^b,c   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; China; D60; I31; Intergenerational transmission; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887398010     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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