Lags and leads in life satisfaction: A test of the baseline hypothesis

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 529, 2008, Pages

  Clark, Andrew E ^a   Diener, Ed ^b   Georgellis, Yannis ^c   Lucas, Richard E ^d  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; LABOR MARKET; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 44649133942     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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