Happiness Adaptation to Income Beyond "Basic Needs"

International Differences in Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tella, Rafael Di ^a   MacCulloch, Robert ^a  

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Basic needs; Happiness; Income; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921742645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732739.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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