Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
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Well-being Inequality and Reference Groups: An Agenda for New Research
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1677895