Gender and life satisfaction in the UK

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-34

  Della Giusta, Marina ^a   Jewell, Sarah Louise ^a   Kambhampati, Uma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Happiness; Preferences; Self reported well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960586889     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.582028     Document Type: Article

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