Does consumption buy happiness? Evidence from the United States

International Review of Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-176

  DeLeire, Thomas ^a,b,c   Kalil, Ariel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Happiness; Leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952980119     PISSN: 18651704     EISSN: 18634613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12232-010-0093-6     Document Type: Article

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