Growth and shocks: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-329

  Dercon, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Famine; Growth; Persistence; Risk

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FAMINE; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2442646913     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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