Income shocks, consumption, wealth, and human capital: Evidence from Russia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 857-892

  Mu, Ren ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN CAPITAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33746496805     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503581     Document Type: Article

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