Money does not buy happiness: Or does it? A reassessment based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-82

  Headey, Bruce ^a   Muffels, Ruud ^b   Wooden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption; Happiness; Income; Panel data; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AUSTRALIA; GERMANY; HUNGARY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 57749139947     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9146-y     Document Type: Article

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