Work, Jobs, and Well-Being Across the Millennium

International Differences in Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Clark, Andrew E ^a  

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Author keywords

Employment; Job quality; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Self employment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921798613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732739.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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