Does sample design matter for poverty rate comparisons?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-109

  Howes, Stephen ^a   Lanjouw, Jean Olson ^a  

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EID: 0041181060     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1998.tb00254.x     Document Type: Article

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