Social Capital or Social Cohesion: What Matters For Subjective Well-Being?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 891-911

  Klein, Carlo ^a  

^a CEPS INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

EVS 2008; Social capital; Social cohesion; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

EID: 84872501003     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9963-x     Document Type: Article

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