Happiness and victimization in Latin America

In recent decades, studies on economics have identified happiness as a life quality indicator that not only accounts for individuals’ socioeconomic improvement but also accounts for their interactions with institutions and public goods, such as personal safety and protection of life. This study exam...

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Autores:
Ortega, Carolina
Gómez, Daniel
Cardona-Sosa, Lina
Gómez Toro, Catalina
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Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
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Idioma:
eng
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crime
happiness
life satisfaction
generalized ordered logit.
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title Happiness and victimization in Latin America
spellingShingle Happiness and victimization in Latin America
crime
happiness
life satisfaction
generalized ordered logit.
title_short Happiness and victimization in Latin America
title_full Happiness and victimization in Latin America
title_fullStr Happiness and victimization in Latin America
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Gómez, Daniel
Cardona-Sosa, Lina
Gómez Toro, Catalina
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Gómez, Daniel
Cardona-Sosa, Lina
Gómez Toro, Catalina
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv crime
happiness
life satisfaction
generalized ordered logit.
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happiness
life satisfaction
generalized ordered logit.
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