Welfare policy and subjective well-being across nations: An individual-level assessment

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-191

  Pacek, Alexander C ^a   Radcliff, Benjamin ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Policy; Subjective well being; Welfare

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 50849118800     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9232-1     Document Type: Article

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