Recent trends in living standards in the United States

What has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3-26

  Wolff, Edward N ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84881759902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420529.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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