Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel: Effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1008-1020

  Van Praag, Bernard M S ^a   Romanov, Dmitri ^b   Ferrer i Carbonell, Ada ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

^c Barcelona)   (Spain)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Financial satisfaction; Happiness; Immigration; Israel; Religion; Subjective well being; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449283359     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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