Economic Development, Inequality and Poverty: An Analysis of Urban Violence in Colombia

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-468

  Poveda, Alexander Cotte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84859084612     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2011.620085     Document Type: Article

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