Life satisfaction and the economic and social characteristics of neighbourhoods

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-443

  Shields, Michael A ^a   Wheatley Price, Stephen ^b   Wooden, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HILDA Survey; Life satisfaction; Neighbourhood effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449114800     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0146-7     Document Type: Article

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