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Life Satisfaction and Quality of Development
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in Honour of the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Statistical Institute.Delhi, December 19, 2007.The underlying research is part of the 'Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being' research program of the Canadian Institute
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- Authors
- Helliwell, J.
- Affiliations
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Helliwell, John
- ORCID
- Helliwell, John
- Venue
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Published
- 2008-11
- OpenAlex
- W1575646157
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 39
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Keywords
- life satisfaction, quality of development, subjective well-being, social interaction, identity, development
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