Capability and happiness: Conceptual difference and reality links

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Veenhoven, Ruut ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capability; Cross national; Happiness; Life chances; Longitudinal; Research synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953287251     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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