A theory-based living standards index for measuring poverty in developing countries
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.10.011
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Keywords
Wealth measurement; Asset indices; Poverty tracking;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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