Quantifying the costs of drought: New evidence from life satisfaction data

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-461

  Carroll, Nick ^a,d   Frijters, Paul ^b   Shields, Michael A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d and Workplace Relations   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Income equivalence; Life Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449098830     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0174-3     Document Type: Article

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