The China Puzzle: Falling Happiness in a Rising Economy
Journal of Happiness StudiesPublished 9 April 2008
Hilke Brockmann, Jan Delhey, Christian Welzel, Hao Yuan
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Happiness, Life satisfaction, Relative deprivation, Inequality, Income, Transition economies, Market economy,
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