Great expectations? The subjective well-being of rural-urban migrants in China.

By John Knight, R. Gunatilaka. 2010

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Relationship Between Screen Time and Chinese Children’s Cognitive and Social Development (2020, background): “However, when employment opportunities became available in Chinese cities after the 1980s, families moved from rural villages to urban cities in search of jobs (Knight & Gunatilaka, 2010).”
Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China? (2011, methodology): “For over a quarter of a century China’s reformist policy-makers gave the highest priority to the achievement of rapid economic growth.”
Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China (2012, methodology): “However, it covered only ve provinces (see Knight and Gunatilaka, 2010a; Gusta¤son et al., 2008; Qu and Zhao, 2011, for an extensive comparison between RUMICI and this previous migrant survey).”
The happiness of international migrants: A review of research findings (2015, background): “First, people are typically optimistic about their future; migrants perceive the first few years after migration as investments in their future (Knight and Gunatilaka 2010).”
The Dark Side of Chinese Growth: Declining Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Economic Boom (2015, background): “…SWB. Jiang, Lu, and Sato (2012) show that income inequality between urban migrants and urban residents has a negative impact on SWB. Similarly, Knight and Gunatilaka (2010) argue that the relatively great unhappiness of urban migrants is largely explained by the feelings of relative…”
Personal Well-being in Urban China (2009, background): “The limited existing research on personal well-being of China's rural-urban migrants has used a single item indicator to measure well-being (Knight & Gunatilaka, 2007).”
Identity, Inequality, and Happiness: Evidence from Urban China (2012, background): “For example, in China, there are some 242 million rural-to-urban migrants, representing almost one-sixth of the Chinese population.”
What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States (2017, unknown): “Lin et al. (2011) find significant agglomeration economies in the textile industry.”
Subjective Well-Being of China’s Off-Farm Migrants (2010, background): “Along with Knight and Gunatilaka (2007, 2008) the present study is one of the first to examine the subjective well-being of China's off-farm migrants and the first to use an instrument with established psychometric properties to so do.”