Individual Wellbeing in a Dynamic Perspective

Economica

Volumn 79, Issue 314, 2012, Pages 284-302

  D'Ambrosio, Conchita ^a   Frick, Joachim R ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84858984600     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2011.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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