Happy for how long? How social capital and economic growth relate to happiness over time

Ecological Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-256

  Bartolini, Stefano ^a   Sarracino, Francesco ^a  

^a NONE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Easterlin paradox; Economic growth; Social capital; Subjective well being; Time series; WVS EVS and ESS

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910119149     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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