On the empirical finding of a higher risk of poverty in rural areas: Is rural residence endogenous to poverty?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-199

  Fisher, Monica ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Instrumental variables; Omitted variable bias; Poverty; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044500014     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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