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What Makes People Happy with their Lives in Developing Countries? Evidence from Large-Scale Longitudinal Data on Ghana. (2024). Adjei-Mantey, Kwame ; Agyei-Holmes, Andrew ; Asante-Poku, Nana Amma ; Atta-Ankomah, Richmond.
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