Surveying transitional experience and subjective well-being: Income, work, family

Economic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-157

  Selezneva, Ekaterina ^a  

^a Osteuropa Institut Regensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954420586     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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