Will money increase subjective well-being? A literature review and guide to needed research

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-169

  Diener, Ed ^a   Biswas Diener, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 0036225649     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014411319119     Document Type: Article

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