After the worldwide interest in global sustainability and climate change challenges, an
increasing concern is voiced on local quality of life and neighbourhood liveability. In recent …

Most countries implement safety net programs for poor households. A widespread concern
is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs, but they could also affect workers' job …

The study investigates the unexplored link between childhood socioeconomic status and
adult subjective wellbeing using data from a field survey of 568 rural residents from poor …

Knowing what happens over time to the lifeways of people in contemporary small-scale non-
industrial societies of the rural Global South matters because it helps assess changes in the …

In the face of challenges presented by climate change and rising social inequality on a
global scale, scholars have criticised prevalent individualistic, economistic and materialistic …

This study investigated how children in Korea spent their daily lives during the COVID-19
period, and how children's feelings of happiness change depending on whether they are in …

As China continues to introduce policies to promote the construction of smart cities, the
governance capacity and living environment of many pilot regions have moved towards …

Vulnerability to poverty is a measure of the downside risk of falling into poverty. We examine
the relationship between vulnerability to poverty and self-reported mental health, using a …

This paper evaluates the importance of middle class vulnerability to poverty for subjective
well-being (happiness) in European countries. Using the special module of the European …

Frequent exposure to shocks and the lack of proper coping mechanisms can have a
substantial impact on households. This dissertation explores the three prominent features of …