"Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the...

Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the...

Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The paper estimates that selective mortality - whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates - accounts for 10-30% of the developing...