Measurement error bias in estimates of income and income growth among the poor: Analytical results and a correction formula

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-189

  Clewwe, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INCOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 35549003235     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520559     Document Type: Article

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