Understanding fixed effects in human well-being

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Boyce, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed effect vector decomposition; GSOEP; Individual differences; Life satisfaction; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149094881     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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