Education, aspirations and life satisfaction

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-562

  Ferrante, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70449421547     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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