The geography of well-being

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 627-649

  Aslam, Aqib ^a,b   Corrado, Luisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clustered data; Group effects; Multilevel modelling; Non economic factors; Regional well being

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84860482093     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr041     Document Type: Article

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