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Changes in Subjective and Objective Measures of Economic Well-Being and Their Interrelationship among the Elderly in Singapore and Taiwan

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  1. Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, AS1 #03-10, 11 Arts Link, Singapore, 117570

    Angelique Chan (Assistant Professor)

  2. Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

    Mary Beth Ofstedal (Research Investigator)

  3. Department of Sociology and Research Scientist Emeritus, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

    Albert I. Hermalin (Professor Emeritus)

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Chan, A., Ofstedal, M.B. & Hermalin, A.I. Changes in Subjective and Objective Measures of Economic Well-Being and Their Interrelationship among the Elderly in Singapore and Taiwan. Social Indicators Research 57, 263–300 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014787712820

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