Internal and external determinants of subjective well-being: Review and policy implications

Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 67-88

  Schimmack, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230288027     Document Type: Chapter

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