Being poor, feeling poorer: Combining objective and subjective measures of welfare in Albania

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 739-760

  Carletto, Gero ^a   Zezza, Alberto ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE IMPACT;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746488321     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600741896     Document Type: Article

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