Household-Level Consumption in Urban Ethiopia: The Effects of a Large Food Price Shock

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-162

  Alem, Yonas ^a,b   Söderbom, Måns ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Consumption; Food price shock; Urban Ethiopia; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFLATION; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN AREA; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE IMPACT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 81855182147     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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