Social capital and happiness in the United States

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-62

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Social capital; Trust; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149118138     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-008-9046-6     Document Type: Article

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