Income Comparisons Among Neighbours and Satisfaction in East and West Germany

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-489

  Knies, Gundi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison income; Life satisfaction; Neighbourhood effects; Panel data analysis; Reference group

Indexed keywords

INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PANEL DATA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84859218806     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9818-5     Document Type: Article

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