Direct and indirect effects of happiness on wage: A simultaneous equations approach

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-152

  Mohanty, Madhu S ^a   Ullah, Aman ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Schooling; Two stage method; Wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855797020     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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