Happiness and health: Well-being among the self-employed

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-236

  Andersson, Pernilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749005873     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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