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Who Cares about Relative Deprivation?

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dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorLokshin, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:10Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIf relative deprivation matters to welfare in poor countries as much as it apparently does in rich ones then one would have to question the priority given to economic growth over redistribution in current development policies. We look for evidence in one of the world's poorest countries, Malawi. Using new survey questions that help address likely biases in past tests, we find that relative deprivation is not the dominant concern for most of our sample, although it is for the comparatively well off, including in urban areas. Our results strengthen the welfarist case for a policy focus on absolute levels of living in poor countries. The pattern of externalities suggests that there will be too much poverty and inequality from the point of view of aggregate efficiency.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
dc.identifier.issn01672681
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4877
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectEquity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement D630
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectWelfare and Poverty: Government Programs
dc.subjectProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.titleWho Cares about Relative Deprivation?en
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Economic Behavior and Organizationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1467
okr.journal.nbpages171-185
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2009.08.008
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okr.volume73
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