Poverty analysis with missing data: Alternative estimators compared

Empirical Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Nicoletti, Cheti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imputation; Missing data; Partial identification; Poverty; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; POVERTY;

EID: 77951141563     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0253-7     Document Type: Article

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