The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income

Paradox and Perception: Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 57-95

  Lora, Eduardo ^a   Chaparro, Juan Camilo ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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