Region-specific versus country-specific poverty lines in analysis of poverty

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Mogstad, Magne ^a   Langørgen, Audun ^a   Aaberge, Rolf ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity in prices and needs; Measurement of poverty; Poverty line

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846257648     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-006-9024-x     Document Type: Article

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