Poverty, economic growth, and average exit time

Economics Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Morduch, Jonathan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bolivia; Economic growth; I32; O12; Poverty measurement; Watts poverty measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032375177     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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