Subjective Well-Being and Armed Conflict: Evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1129-1152

  Shemyakina, Olga N ^a   Plagnol, Anke C ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosnia Herzegovina; Civil war; Well being

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POST-WAR; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

EID: 84881021875     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0131-8     Document Type: Article

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