Identity, gender, and subjective well-being

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-121

  Chang, Wen Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gender; Happiness; Identity; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEN'S HEALTH; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79751503309     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760902756495     Document Type: Article

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