What makes devout Christians happier? Evidence from Taiwan

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 905-919

  Tao, Hung Lin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 41549094571     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600749839     Document Type: Article

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