Well-being in Rapidly Developing China

• Autorzy: Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn

Warianty tytułu

Zadowolenie z życia w szybko rozwijających się Chinach

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

While China enjoyed unmatched economic growth during last three decades, the question remains whether there is a similar increase in quality of life or well-being. Extant well-being research was mostly done in the developed countries, and few investigations in China are cross-sectional. This paper uses World Values Survey (WVS) to show trend in well-being in China from 1990 to 2007. Paper concludes with a comparison of well-being by socioeconomic groups. (original abstract)

Podczas kiedy Chiny rozwijały się szybko w ciągu ostatnich trzech dekad, pozostaje pytanie, czy wraz z rozwojem gospodarczym zwiększyło się zadowolenie z życia. Istniejąca literatura analizuje przede wszystkim zadowolenie z życia w krajach rozwiniętych i jest tylko kilka badań zrobionych w Chinach, nie przeprowadzających analizy w czasie. W tym artykule użyto World Values Survey w celu pokazania trendu w zadowoleniu z życia w latach 1990-2007, oraz pokazano różnice w zadowoleniu z życia dla kilku grup społecznych. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Society satisfaction; Living standard; Quality of life; Well-being

PL

Zadowolenie społeczeństwa; Poziom życia; Jakość życia; Dobrostan

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu. Ekonomia
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: 8
• Numer: nr 134 Asian Studies
• Strony: 67--77

Twórcy

autor

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn

• The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX, USA

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