On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?
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- Bjørnskov, Christian & Dreher, Axel & Fischer, Justina AV, 2007. "On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 657, Stockholm School of Economics.
- Justina A.V. Fischer & Christian Bjornskov & Axel Dreher, 2007. "On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007 2007-07, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen.
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Keywords
Gender gap; Happiness; Well-being; Discrimination; Life satisfaction;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2007-05-26 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2007-05-26 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-SOC-2007-05-26 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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