Measuring aggregate welfare in developing countries - How well do national accounts and surveys agree?
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- Martin Ravallion, 2003. "Measuring Aggregate Welfare in Developing Countries: How Well Do National Accounts and Surveys Agree?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(3), pages 645-652, August.
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Social Analysis; Economic Conditions and Volatility; Environmental Economics&Policies; Economic Theory&Research; Statistical&Mathematical Sciences; Inequality; Achieving Shared Growth; Governance Indicators; Economic Conditions and Volatility; Environmental Economics&Policies;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2002-03-14 (Development)
- NEP-LTV-2001-10-01 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-LTV-2002-03-04 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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