Introduction: The dynamics of happiness and the dynamics of happiness research

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Brockmann, Hilke ^a   Delhey, Jan ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 77951978410     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9561-3     Document Type: Editorial

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