Life Satisfaction and Endogenous Aspirations
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Keywords
Aspirations; Affective forecasts; Life Satisfaction; Hedonic Adaptation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C99 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Other
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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