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Drawing from surveys done over a eight year period, we find some important effects on well-being coming from economic boom and bust in a Western Canadian city. This effect is buffered, however, by the important role that family and friends play for young people and health and non-working activities play for the adjustment of older people. Because of these factors, difficulties in the objective condition of economic downturn has had less impact on the general social well-being of the public than previously reported.
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Kennedy, L.W., Mehra, N. Effects of social change on well-being: Boom and bust in a Western Canadian city. Soc Indic Res 17, 101–113 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302416
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302416