Subjective welfare, isolation, and relative consumption

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-60

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Shilpi, Forhad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

I31; O12; Relative deprivation; Rivalry; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; WELFARE IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39549120397     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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