Welfare states and the redistribution of happiness

Social Forces

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 789-814

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Lee, Kristen Schultz ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84888383661     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot094     Document Type: Article

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