GDP per capita and its challengers as measures of happiness

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 698-709

  Dipietro, William R ^a   Anoruo, Emmanuel ^b  

^a DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Criminal Justice and Applied Social and Political Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic policy; Gross domestic product; Human capital; Social policy; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747460357     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290610689732     Document Type: Article

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