"The Poor Stay Poor": Household Asset Poverty Traps in Rural Semi-Arid India

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2033-2043

  Naschold, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Asset poverty; Household welfare dynamics; India; Panel data; Semiparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDHOLDING; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL POLICY;

INDIA;

EID: 84865387876     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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