Not by growth alone: The role of the distribution of income in regional diversity in poverty reduction

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 805-829

  Kalwij, Adriaan ^a   Verschoor, Arjan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income growth; Inequality; Panel data; Poverty

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GROWTH RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247093243     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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