Has Poverty Gotten Worse?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-114

  Triest, Robert K ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0037779924     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.97     Document Type: Article

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