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Leisure and happiness in the United States: evidence from survey data

Miao Wang Department of Economics, Marquette University, 606 North 13th Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Man Chiu Sunny Wong Department of Economics, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, 94117, USA
Pages 1813-1816 | Published online: 18 Apr 2011

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