Unemployment and subjective well-being: A question of class?

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-25

  Andersen, Signe Hald ^a  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen

Author keywords

Fixed effects model; Subjective well being; Unemployment; Work identification; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149496198     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888408327131     Document Type: Article

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