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Explaining happiness trends in Europe by welfare policies and economic growth : Easterlin and O'Connor revisited

Welsch, Heinz - 2024

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The long-term impact of paid parental leave on maternal health and subjective well-being

Heisig, Katharina - 2023

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Associations of childhood health and financial situation with quality of life after retirement : regional variation across Europe

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The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

Adler, Matthew D.; Fleurbaey, Marc - 2016

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Well-Being and Public Policy

Bronsteen, John - 2017

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Equity and well-being : measurement and policy practice

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Child poverty as capability deprivation : how to choose domains of child well-being and poverty

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