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

被引：29

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.

引用

页码：213 / 215

页数：3

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