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Subjective well-being poverty vs. Income poverty and capabilities poverty?

Geeta Gandhi Kingdon University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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John Knight University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Pages 1199-1224 | Published online: 24 Jan 2007

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