The impact of modern economic growth on urban-rural differences in subjective well-being

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2187-2198

  Easterlin, Richard A ^a   Angelescu, Laura ^a   Zweig, Jacqueline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 81455159023     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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