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Assessing the Level of Happiness: a Review of Russian and Foreign Research

Shmatova Y.E., Morev M.V.

3 (39), 2015

Shmatova Y.E., Morev M.V. Assessing the Level of Happiness: a Review of Russian and Foreign Research. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 2015, no. 3 (39), pp. 141-162. DOI: 10.15838/esc/2015.3.39.11

DOI: 10.15838/esc/2015.3.39.11

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