Understanding life-satisfaction changes in post-apartheid South Africa
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Adaptation; Happiness; Oaxaca decomposition; South Africa; Well-Being;JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2011-11-14 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2011-11-14 (All new papers)
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