Home Ownership and Subjective Wellbeing: A Perspective from Ownership Heterogeneity
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Home ownership; Happiness; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R29 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Other
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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