Frustrated achievers: Winners, losers and subjective well-being in new market economies

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 100-140

  Graham, Carol ^a   Pettinato, Stefano ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MARKET TRANSITION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PERU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036097917     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331322431     Document Type: Article

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