-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups …. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being reveals large influence of gender, rural residency and household income … registration identity) and education status, household assets, the influence of past and future income and province dummies, we …

the lower income bound of the middle class (75% of the national median income) and not the poverty line (60% of the median …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 Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions micro-data on …

that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …