Does relative income matter for the very poor? Evidence from rural Ethiopia

被引：29
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作者：
Akay, Alpaslan [1 ,2 ]
Martinsson, Peter [2 ]
机构：
[1] IZA, Inst Study Lab, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
[2] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, Gothenburg, Sweden
来源：
ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 110卷 / 03期
关键词：
Absolute income; Relative income; Subjective well-being; HAPPINESS; CONSUMPTION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.046
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income has no impact on subjective well-being in rural areas of northern Ethiopia. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：213 / 215
页数：3
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