The distribution of financial well-being and income within the household

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Bonke, Jens ^a   Browning, Martin ^b  

^a 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Happiness; Intra household allocation; Relative income; Unitary models; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349083610     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-008-9044-3     Document Type: Article

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