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Development as Happiness: The Subjective Perception of Happiness and UNDP’s Analysis of Poverty, Wealth and Development

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  • Jörg Schimmel

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    Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Happiness Studies.

    Volume (Year): 10 (2009)
    Issue (Month): 1 (March)
    Pages: 93-111

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    Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:10:y:2009:i:1:p:93-111

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    Keywords: Happiness; Subjective perception; Well-being; Indicator; Poverty; Human development; United Nations Development Program (UNDP);

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