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Replies to Our Commentators

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  • Alex C. Michalos

    (University of Northern British Columbia)

  • Kenneth C. Land

    (Duke University)

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This paper is written to briefly summarize comments made on our paper “Fifty years after the social indicators movement: Has the promise been fulfilled? An assessment and an agenda for the future”, including additional ideas suggested by our reflections on the commentators’ remarks.

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  • Alex C. Michalos & Kenneth C. Land, 2018. "Replies to Our Commentators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 135(3), pages 1057-1078, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:135:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-017-1550-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1550-3
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