Inequality-adjusted happiness in nations egalitarianism and utilitarianism married in a new index of societal performance

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-455

  Veenhoven, Ruut ^a   Kalmijn, Wim ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Happiness; Inequality Adjusted Happiness; Social inequality; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044436245     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-005-8857-5     Document Type: Review

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