Can the large swings in Russian life satisfaction be explained by ups and downs in real incomes?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-458

  Frijters, Paul ^a   Geishecker, Ingo ^b   Haisken DeNew, John P ^c   Shields, Michael A ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal decomposition; Fixed effects; Income; Life satisfaction; Panelat trition; Russia

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MARKET TRANSITION; PANEL DATA; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33750605740     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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