Rural-Urban Poverty Differences in Transition Countries

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2170-2187

  Macours, Karen ^a   Swinnen, Johan F M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; former Soviet Union; poverty; rural; transition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 53849112608     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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