Can Money Buy International Migrants Happiness?:  It Depends on How You Spend It

Haiming Hang; Jing Yang Zhong

Can Money Buy International Migrants Happiness? It Depends on How You Spend It

Birmingham City University

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We explore how international migrants use consumption to cope with their psychological threats and its implications for their subjective well-being (SWB). Our results demonstrate they spend more on material purchases but less on others. Our studies also suggest prosocial purchases are more effective than experiential purchases in increasing their SWB.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2020
Event	Association for Consumer Research - Berlin, Germany Duration: 26 Sept 2016 → …

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Conference	Association for Consumer Research
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	26/09/16 → …

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