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Interhousehold Transfers of Goods and Services and Reported Well-Being Among Polish Households

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Analyses of data from 600 households in the province of Lubin, Poland, five years after the economic transformation indicated the transfers of goods and services between households to be quite prevalent, with households with high levels of resources giving goods and services and those with low levels of resources receiving goods and services. The receipt of such transfers does not improve the living conditions of the receiving households relative to those who do not receive help; in fact, those receiving help report lower levels of satisfaction than those not receiving assistance.

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  1. Candidate in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011-1030

    Linda S. Vande Lune

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    Mary Winter (Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education)

  3. Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota, USA

    Earl W. Morris (Professor Emeritus)

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Lune, L.S.V., Winter, M., Morris, E.W. et al. Interhousehold Transfers of Goods and Services and Reported Well-Being Among Polish Households. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 20, 333–366 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022928104989

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