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Different Things Make Different People Happy: Examining Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being by Gender and Parental Status

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  • Christian Kroll

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Social Indicators Research.

Volume (Year): 104 (2011)
Issue (Month): 1 (October)
Pages: 157-177

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Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:104:y:2011:i:1:p:157-177

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Keywords: Life satisfaction; Social capital; Volunteering; Revealed preferences; Homo sociologicus; Homo economicus;

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  1. Ambrey, Christopher L. & Fleming, Christopher M., 2012. "Public greenspace and life satisfaction in urban Australia," 2012 Conference (56th), February 7-10, 2012, Freemantle, Australia 124302, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

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