Time use and subjective well-being in France and the U.S

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Krueger, Alan B ^a   Kahneman, Daniel ^a   Fischler, Claude ^b   Schkade, David ^c   Schwarz, Norbert ^d   Stone, Arthur A ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME ALLOCATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELFARE IMPACT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649565898     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9415-4     Document Type: Article

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