Relative deprivation and health: Which reference groups matter?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-481

  Mangyo, Eiji ^a   Park, Albert ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 80053287269     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.46.3.459     Document Type: Article

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