The effect of household characteristics on living standards in South Africa 1993-1998: A quantile regression analysis with sample attrition

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 999-1018

  Maitra, Pushkar ^a   Vahid, Farshid ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845623678     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.853     Document Type: Article

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