Self Reported Happiness in China:  What Shapes Differences between Respondents. 
This paper examines self-reported differences in happiness between approximately 3,641 Chinese respondents.  The data was collected in one large southwestern province of China, Yunnam, by Yang and Luo in 2003.  Data collection was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  We examine differences in self-reported happiness utilizing logistic regression.  Controlling for wages, working conditions, marital status, educational attainment and other background variables, we aim to better understand how much differences in work variables shape happiness compared to differences in personal and family characteristics.  Given insights from the growing body of research in the economics of happiness, we expect that respondents who report that their working conditions and wages are relatively better than others will self-report greater happiness all else equal.