The effects of wealth and income on subjective well-being and ill-being

Economic Record

Volumn 80, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Headey, Bruce ^a   Wooden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444239047     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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