Money and happiness: Does age make a difference?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1289-1306

  Hsieh, Chang Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; income; quality of life; subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862846612     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001431     Document Type: Article

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