Testing the Easterlin Paradox: Results and Policy Implications
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Easterlin Paradox; cointegration; autoregressive distributed lag;All these keywords.
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- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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