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Empirical Research on Factors Related to the Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Urban Residents

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  • Peigang Wang
  • Tyler VanderWeele

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    Volume (Year): 101 (2011)
    Issue (Month): 3 (May)
    Pages: 447-459

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    Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:101:y:2011:i:3:p:447-459
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    Keywords: Subjective well-being; Demographic factors; Urban China; Relative deprivation;

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    Cited by:

    1. Feng Hu, 2013. "Homeownership and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China: Does Owning a House Make You Happier?," Social Indicators Research, Springer, vol. 110(3), pages 951-971, February.
    2. Hao Yuan & Mayank Golpelwar, 2013. "Testing Subjective Well-Being from the Perspective of Social Quality: Quantile Regression Evidence from Shanghai, China," Social Indicators Research, Springer, vol. 113(1), pages 257-276, August.
    3. Verme, Paolo, 2013. "The relative income and relative deprivation hypotheses : a review of the empirical literature," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6606, The World Bank.

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