Measuring vulnerability

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 486, 2003, Pages C95-C102

  Ligon, Ethan ^a   Schechter, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0037355902     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00117     Document Type: Article

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