Sports participation and happiness: Evidence from US microdata

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 776-793

  Huang, Haifang ^a   Humphreys, Brad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Happiness; Instrumental variables; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858995141     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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