%0 Report
        %A Akay, Alpaslan
%A Martinsson, Peter
        %T Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
        %D 2008
        %8 2008 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 3812
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3812
        %X We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, where relative income has shown a significant and negative impact on subjective well-being, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income has no impact on subjective well-being in rural areas of northern Ethiopia.
        %K subjective well-being
%K relative income
%K absolute income