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Who Cares about Relative Deprivation?

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dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorLokshin, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-20T20:18:25Z
dc.date.available2012-06-20T20:18:25Z
dc.date.issued2005-12
dc.description.abstractTheories of relative deprivation predict negative welfare effects when friends and neighbors become better-off. Other theories point to likely positive benefits. The authors encompass both views within a single model, which motivates their tests using a survey for Malawi that collected data on satisfaction with life, own economic welfare, and the perceived welfare of friends and neighbors. Their methods help address likely biases in past tests found in the literature. In marked contrast to research for industrial countries, the authors find that relative deprivation is generally not a concern for most of their sample, although it does appear to matter to the comparatively well off. Their results provide a welfarist explanation for the priority given to absolute poverty in poor countries. The pattern of externalities also suggests that there will be too much poverty and inequality in this economy, even judged solely from the point of view of aggregate efficiency.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6447566/cares-relative-deprivation
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3782
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8578
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3782
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCONSUMER DEMAND
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION CHOICES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectDEFLATORS
dc.subjectDEMAND BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectDEMAND FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODEL
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL APPROACHES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectHETEROGENEITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME EFFECT
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINDIRECT UTILITY
dc.subjectINDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL WELFARE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectINSURERS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectLOG INCOME
dc.subjectLOW INCOMES
dc.subjectMARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME
dc.subjectMARGINAL UTILITY
dc.subjectMEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMONETARY VALUE
dc.subjectNATURE
dc.subjectNEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITY
dc.subjectNET ROLE
dc.subjectNON-FOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR AREAS
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectRELATIVE POSITION
dc.subjectRELATIVE POVERTY
dc.subjectRISK SHARING
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSTRATIFIED SAMPLE
dc.subjectSURVEY DATA
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectVARIETY
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWESTERN EUROPE
dc.titleWho Cares about Relative Deprivation?en
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okr.crossref.titleWho Cares About Relative Deprivation ?
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:02:01.191789Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6447566/cares-relative-deprivation
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3782
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum6447566
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicInsurance and Risk Mitigation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.topicEnvironment::Biodiversity
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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