With or without you? Measuring the quality of relational life throughout the world

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 834-842

  Stanca, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Relational goods; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249100664     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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