Personal values as mitigating factors in the link between income and life satisfaction: Evidence from the European social survey

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-344

  Georgellis, Yannis ^a   Tsitsianis, Nicholas ^b   Yin, Ya Ping ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison income; European social survey; Happiness; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63649091252     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9344-2     Document Type: Article

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