A reassessment of the relationship between GDP and life satisfaction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Proto, Eugenio ^a   Rustichini, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT;

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84896719378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079358     Document Type: Article

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