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China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010

Easterlin, Richard A.; Morgan, Robson; Switek, Malgorzata; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the life satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries – a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in life...

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Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

Gustafsson, Bjorn; Quheng, Deng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Since the second half of the 1990s economic restructuring in urban China has led to widespread joblessness and income insecurity. The rapid expansion of the system of social assistance, Di Bao, can be understood from this perspective. Using a survey covering large parts of urban China in 2002,...

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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants

Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in other countries. These include, inter alia, unemployment,...

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Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy

Easterlin, Richard A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

If society's goal is to increase people's feelings of well-being, economic growth in itself will not do the job. Full employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not only in higher income nations but also in countries...

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More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy

Edlund, Lena; Zhang, Junsen; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Crime rates almost doubled in China between 1992 and 2004. Over the same period, sex ratios (males to females) in the … crime-prone ages of 16-25 years rose sharply, from 1.053 to 1.093. Although scarcity of females is commonly believed to be a … small or related to social conditions liable to also affect crime rates. This paper exploits two unique features of the …

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