Are one man's rags another man's riches? Identifying adaptive expectations using panel data

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-102

  Burchardt, Tania ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Income; Panel data; Satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INCOME; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 27744557984     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-6519-y     Document Type: Article

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