Who cares about relative deprivation?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Ravallion, Martin ^a   Lokshin, Michael ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalities; Malawi; Poverty; Relative deprivation; Subjective welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 74749107270     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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