Putting a price tag on friends, relatives, and neighbours: Using surveys of life satisfaction to value social relationships

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1459-1480

  Powdthavee, Nattavudh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friends; Life satisfaction; Neighbours; Shadow pricing; Social capital; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349132095     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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