Unemployment, social capital, and subjective well-being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-430

  Winkelmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

German Socio Economic Panel; Happiness; Regression analysis; Social activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649095708     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9097-2     Document Type: Article

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