Are some groups more vulnerable to macroeconomic shocks than others? Hypothesis tests based on panel data from Peru

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-206

  Glewwe, Paul ^a   Hall, Gillette ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA; POVERTY INCIDENCE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

PERU;

EID: 0031698039     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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