Income and happiness: Earning and spending as sources of discontent

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-177

  Kaun, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Income: Consumption behavior; Journey to work; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444441565     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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