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Ways by which Comparable Income Affects Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong

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  • Chau-kiu Cheung

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  • Kwan-kwok Leung
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    Article provided by Springer in its journal Social Indicators Research.

    Volume (Year): 87 (2008)
    Issue (Month): 1 (May)
    Pages: 169-187

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    Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:87:y:2008:i:1:p:169-187

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    Keywords: Life satisfaction; Income inequality; Social comparison; Relative deprivation; Social identity; Optimal distinctiveness;

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    1. Peiro, Amado, 2006. "Happiness, satisfaction and socio-economic conditions: Some international evidence," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 348-365, April.
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    6. Peggy Schyns, 2001. "Income and Satisfaction in Russia," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 2(2), pages 173-204, June.
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    1. Russell Smyth & Ingrid Nielsen & Qingguo Zhai, 2009. "Subjective Well-Being Of China'S Off-Farm Migrants," Development Research Unit Working Paper Series 02-09, Monash University, Department of Economics.

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