The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1181-1187

  Sacks, Daniel W ^a   Stevenson, Betsey ^b   Wolfers, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Easterlin Paradox; Life satisfaction; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATIETY; WELLBEING;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84874416671     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029873     Document Type: Article

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