On the Measurement of Well-Being with Reference Consumption
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Well-being measure; latice; reference; heterogeneous preferences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
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