Subjective well-being and relative poverty in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 940-950

  Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz ^a,b,c,d   Chaudhury, Nazmul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Research and Evaluation Division   (Bangladesh)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Institutions; Poverty; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861926617     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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