Happy people or happy places? a multilevel modeling approach to the analysis of happiness and well-being

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-102

  Ballas, Dimitris ^a   Tranmer, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

combining data; happiness; hierarchical models; multilevel modeling; well being

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83755229004     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017611403737     Document Type: Review

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