Dissatisfied with life but having a good day: Time-use and well-being of the unemployed

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 547, 2010, Pages 867-889

  Knabe, Andreas ^a   Rätzel, Steffen ^a   Schöb, Ronnie ^a   Weimann, Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77956237893     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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