The great divide: 'Ruralisation' of poverty in Russia

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-607

  Gerry, Christopher J ^a,b   Nivorozhkin, Eugene ^a,b   Rigg, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Poverty; RLMS; Rural; Russia; Urban

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABOR MARKET; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

EURASIA; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

EID: 48949116613     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem052     Document Type: Article

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