Life Satisfaction

International Differences in Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kapteyn, Arie ^a   Smith, James P ^a   Arthur, van Soest ^a  

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Author keywords

Happiness; Income; Life satisfaction; Reporting bias; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921714084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732739.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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