The causal effect of income on life satisfaction and the implications for valuing non-market goods

Economics Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-134

  Ambrey, Christopher L ^a   Fleming, Christopher M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Happiness; Health; Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey; Income; Instrumental variable; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894243710     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.031     Document Type: Article

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