The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements

This paper investigates dynamics of poverty in urban Ethiopia using both subjective and objective definitions of poverty. The two sets of estimates of persistence and recurrence of poverty are similar, suggesting that consumption-based mobility estimates are not seriously distorted by measurement error.<p>

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Year of publication:	2008-01-08
Authors:	Bigsten, Arne ; Shimeles, Abebe
Institutions:	Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan
Subject:	Subjective poverty \| poverty spells \| state dependence

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Series:	Working Papers in Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Papers in Economics Number 283 12 pages
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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