Education and life satisfaction: Perception or reality?

Paradox and Perception: Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 192-226

  Cárdenas, Mauricio ^a   Mejía, Carolina ^b   Di Maro, Vincenzo ^c  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Fedesarrollo Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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