Further reading
Key references
- Verme, P.Happiness, Deprivation, and the Alter EgoECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality Working Paper No.155, 2010.
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- Deaton, A.Relative Deprivation, Inequality, and MortalityNBER Working Paper No.8099, 2001.
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- Clark, A. E., Frijters, P., Shields, M. "Relative income, happiness and utility: An explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles"生态学报nomic Literature46:1 (2008): 95–144.
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- Mangyo, E., Park, A. "Relative deprivation and health: Which reference groups matter?"Journal of Human Resources46:3 (2011): 459–481.
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- Chen, X. "Relative deprivation in China" In: Fan, S., Kanbur, R., Wei, S. J., Zhang, X. (eds).The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
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- Eibner, C., Evans, W. "Relative deprivation, poor health habits, and mortality"Journal of Human Resources40:3 (2005): 591–620.
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- Chen, X., Zhang, X.Costly Posturing: Relative Status, Ceremonies and Early Child Development in ChinaUNU-WIDER Working Paper No.201270, 2012.
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- Graham, C., Chattopadhyay, S., Picon, M. "The Easterlin and other paradoxes: Why both sides of the debate may be correct" In: Diener, E., Helliwell, J. F., Kahneman, D. (eds).International Differences in Well-Being (Positive Psychology). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
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- Ravallion, M., Chen, S. "Weakly relative poverty"Review of Economics and Statistics93:4 (2011): 1251–1261.
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- Verme, P.Happiness, Deprivation, and the Alter EgoECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality Working Paper No.155, 2010.
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