With a focus on well-being and capabilities

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-390

  Van Ootegem, Luc ^a,b   Spillemaeckers, Sophie ^a  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Measurement; Qualitative methodology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953293113     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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