Poverty, prices, and place: How sensitive is the spatial distribution of poverty to cost of living adjustments?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 296-310

  Jolliffe, Dean ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 33645165058     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbj016     Document Type: Article

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