How's life? Combining individual and national variables to explain subjective well-being

Economic Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-360

  Helliwell, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

International comparisons; Social capital; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037333279     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(02)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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