Using census and survey data to estimate poverty and inequality for small areas

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-792

  Tarozzi, Alessandro ^a   Deaton, Angus ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76649130525     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.4.773     Document Type: Article

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