Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real income and life satisfaction in East Germany following reunification

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 730-740

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 4043177727     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041464551     Document Type: Review

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