Development as happiness: The subjective perception of happiness and UNDP's analysis of poverty, wealth and development

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-111

  Schimmel, Jörg ^a,b  

^a Asociación de Amigos Del Desarrollo y la Paz ADP   (Guatemala)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Happiness; Human development; Indicator; Poverty; Subjective perception; United Nations Development Program (UNDP); Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849124564     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9063-4     Document Type: Article

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