Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - In: World Development 36 (2008) 9, pp. 1559-1584
Summary This study analyzes the persistence of poverty in both rural and urban areas in Ethiopia during 1994-2004. The key finding is that households move frequently in and out of poverty but the difficulty of exiting from poverty, like the chance of avoiding slipping back, increases with the...