Life-satisfaction and preference drift

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-328

  Groot, Wim ^a,b   Maassen Van Den Brink, Henriëtte ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Income; Life satisfaction; Preference drift

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 0034069765     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007085500976     Document Type: Article

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