Uncounted or illusory blessings? Competing responses to the Easterlin, Easterbrook and Schwartz paradoxes of well-being

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-492

  Gasper, Des ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Easterlin paradox; Well being

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 34249692961     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1383     Document Type: Article

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