Poverty during transition: Household survey evidence from Ukraine

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-145

  Brück, Tilman ^a,b   Danzer, Alexander M ^b,c   Muravyev, Alexander ^d,e   Weisshaar, Natalia ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PRUS and BWPI ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Consumption; Income; Poverty; Transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953121263     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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