Occupation status-subjective wellbeing nexus: A quantile regression analysis
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NIDS; occupation; quantile regression; REOP; SWB.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2022-12-12 (Economics of Happiness)
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