Income, sense of community and subjective well-being: Combining economic and psychological variables

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-623

  Jorgensen, Bradley S ^a   Jamieson, Robert D ^a   Martin, John F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparison income; Life satisfaction; Reference group; Relative income; Sense of community; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955054240     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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