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The mystery of the U-shaped relationship between happiness and age
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- Authors
- Frijters, P., & Beatton, T.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 525-542
- ISSN
- 0167-2681 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1575088312
- Cited by
- 536
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 48.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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