Happiness Adaptation to Income: Evidence from Canada
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Happiness; Income; Adaptation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- D0 - Microeconomics - - General
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