Different Things Make Different People Happy: Examining Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being by Gender and Parental Status

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-177

  Kroll, Christian ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo economicus; Homo sociologicus; Life satisfaction; Revealed preferences; Social capital; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052263115     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9733-1     Document Type: Article

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