There is now recognition that a population's overall level of well-being is defined not just by
income and wealth. Where we live and who we interact with are likely to be equally …

We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the
determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005–2010 during which self …

Life satisfaction in China declined dramatically precisely at the time of its unprecedented
economic growth and poverty reduction. We posit that a “progress paradox” is among the …

This paper examines the consequences of China's dramatic socioeconomic and political
transformations for individual subjective well-being (SWB) from 1990 to 2007. Although …

This study makes an integrated investigation of how subjective well-being is associated with
income, personal concerns, and societal evaluations and how these social and …

Over the last two decades, subjective well-being in China declined. Using data from the
World Values Survey, we identify predictors of the trend in life satisfaction in China during …

This article reports the findings of a survey administering the personal well-being index
(PWI) in six Chinese cities (N= 3,390) to ascertain the personal well-being of China's urban …

China has modernised rapidly in recent decades with rising economic growth, which we
might assume would lead to a high level of life satisfaction. However, rapid modernisation …

A national household survey for 2002, containing a specially designed module on subjective
well-being, is used to estimate pioneering happiness functions in rural China. The variables …

Various measures of satisfaction with life or happiness in China appear not to have risen in
recent years, despite China's remarkable growth of income per capita. The paper brings …