Rising income and the subjective well-being of nations

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-276

  Diener, Ed ^a   Tay, Louis ^b   Oishi, Shigehiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Income; Money; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880574585     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030487     Document Type: Article

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