Happiness and Job Satisfaction in Urban China: A Comparative Study of Two Generations of Migrants and Urban Locals
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- Zhiming Cheng & Haining Wang & Russell Smyth, 2014. "Happiness and job satisfaction in urban China: A comparative study of two generations of migrants and urban locals," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(10), pages 2160-2184, August.
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China; Migrants; Subjective wellbeing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LTV-2013-05-19 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-MIG-2013-05-19 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-TRA-2013-05-19 (Transition Economics)
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