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Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all?

Easterlin, Richard A.·1995·Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
DOI 10.1016/0167-2681(95)00003-b
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Authors
Easterlin, R. A.
Venue
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1995-06
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
35-47
ISSN
0167-2681 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0167-2681(95)00003-b
OpenAlex
W2112484287
Cited by
3,116
References
2
FWCI
15.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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