The puzzle of falling happiness despite rising income in rural China: ten hypotheses

With economic development can come social, attitudinal and cultural change, for good or ill or both We pose an unexplored question: why has happiness fallen in rural China whereas rural income has risen rapidly? Two rich data sets are analysed, the rural surveys of the China Household Income Project...

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Main Authors: Knight, J, Ma, B, Gunatilaka, R
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2020