Dimensions of well-being in Eu regions: Do GDP and unemployment tell us all we need to know?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-246

  Stewart, Kitty ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European union; Regional disparities; Social indicators; Well being

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944462204     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-2922-7     Document Type: Article

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