Datt, Gaurav; Kozel, Valerie; Ravallion, Martin - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2003
An econometric model of poverty incidence is calibrated to 20 household surveys for India's 15 major states spanning 1960-1994. The model builds on past research suggesting that the key determinants of the rate of poverty reduction at state level are agricultural yields, growth of the non-farm...