## Abstract The relative income hypothesis, that relative income has a direct effect on individual health, has become an important part of the literature on health inequalities. This paper presents a fourβquadrant diagram, which shows the effect of income, relative income and aggregation bias on in
Relative income position, individual and social income satisfaction, and income inequality
β Scribed by A. L. Hempenius
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 470 KB
- Volume
- 132
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-063X
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