Poverty traps and safety nets

Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 131-154

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a   McPeak, John G ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset holding; Health shock; Herd size; Poverty trap; Productive asset

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962862464     PISSN: 2364107X     EISSN: 23641088     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29748-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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