Social capital and happiness: Additional cross-country evidence

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-418

  Ram, Rati ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized trust; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954425211     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-009-9148-3     Document Type: Article

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