Personal Well-being in Urban China
AbstractThis 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...
View ArticleKnowing One’s Lot in Life Versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of...
AbstractThis paper examines, how individual preferences for redistribution in general and redistribution to improve access to education, improve social protection for the poor, reduce income inequality...
View ArticleOn the relationship between female labour force participation and fertility...
AbstractThis article examines the relationship between the female labour force participation rate and total fertility rate for the G7 countries from 1960 to 2006 using panel unit root, panel...
View ArticleSubjective Well-Being of China’s Off-Farm Migrants
AbstractExisting research applying the personal wellbeing index (PWI) in China is restricted to urban and rural samples. There are no studies for Chinese off-farm migrants. The specific aims of this...
View ArticlePublic interest versus regulatory capture in the Swedish electricity market
AbstractThis article tests the public interest and regulatory capture hypotheses, in the context of the Swedish electricity market, by studying the factors influencing the Swedish Energy Agency’s...
View ArticleSubjective Well-Being of Beijing Taxi Drivers
AbstractThis study investigates subjective well-being among a sample of Beijing taxi drivers in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games using the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI). The specific aims...
View ArticleA study of the impact of environmental surroundings on personal well-being in...
AbstractWe examine the relationship between atmospheric and water pollution, traffic congestion, access to parkland and personal well-being using a survey administered across six Chinese cities in...
View ArticleAre more senior academics really more research productive than junior...
AbstractThis study examines the relationship between academic seniority and research productivity through a study of a sample of academics at Australian law schools. To measure research productivity,...
View ArticleAcademic inbreeding and research productivity and impact in Australian law...
AbstractThis study compares the research productivity and impact of inbred and non-inbred faculty employed at Australian law schools. The sample consists of 429 academics, employed at 21 law schools....
View ArticleReturns to Education in China’s Urban Labour Market: Evidence from Matched...
AbstractThis chapter estimates the economic returns to schooling in urban China. To do so, we use a unique matched employer-employee data set from Shanghai collected by the Chinese Academy of Social...
View ArticleHow Does Relative Income and Variations in Short-Run Wellbeing Affect...
AbstractCognitively appraised life satisfaction is relatively stable over time and can be considered as reflecting subjective wellbeing in the long run. Affect is transitory and can be considered as...
View ArticleExamining the Relationship Between Workplace Support and Life Satisfaction:...
AbstractThis paper examines the influence of perceived organizational support and perceived supervisor support on employee life satisfaction. Structural equation modelling on data from 393 nurses from...
View ArticleThe Malaysia–China Economic Relationship at 40: Broadening Ties and Meeting...
AbstractThis chapter discusses China’s growing impact on Malaysia’s economy through bilateral trade and foreign direct investment between the two nations, including the contributions of the...
View ArticleThe Long-Term Health Effects of Mass Political Violence: Evidence from...
AbstractWe examine the long-term health effects of mass political violence experienced in utero and in adolescence using China’s Cultural Revolution as a natural experiment. We find that individuals...
View ArticleWealth, Happiness and Happiness Inequality in China
AbstractMuch literature explores the relationship between income and happiness, but the literature on wealth and happiness is more limited. We use longitudinal data for China to examine the effect of...
View ArticleFinancial Inclusion and Poverty: Micro-level Evidence from Nigeria
AbstractIn this chapter, the authors use data from the 2016 Financial Inclusion Insights (FII) program for Nigeria to present new evidence on the effects of financial inclusion on household poverty....
View ArticleHeight and Health Among Older Chinese
AbstractIn this chapter, the authors examine the relationship between height and health among older Chinese. The study is based on a quantitative analysis of data from the China Health and Retirement...
View ArticleWidening the safety net
A growing body of research has sought to provide a better understanding of the determinants of energy poverty and how best to assist vulnerable groups that are at greatest risk of being energy poor. A...
View ArticleSocial Capital Inequality and Subjective Wellbeing of Older Chinese
AbstractUsing longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies, this study provides insights on comparative wellbeing outcomes for older people who are institutionally segregated into clusters...
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