The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements

dc.contributor.author	Bigsten, Arne
dc.contributor.author	Shimeles, Abebe
dc.date.accessioned	2008-01-08T07:58:56Z
dc.date.available	2008-01-08T07:58:56Z
dc.date.issued	2008-01-08T07:58:56Z
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/8522
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates dynamics of poverty in urban Ethiopia using both subjective and objective definitions of poverty. The two sets of estimates of persistence and recurrence of poverty are similar, suggesting that consumption-based mobility estimates are not seriously distorted by measurement error.	en
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	283	en
dc.subject	Subjective poverty	en
dc.subject	poverty spells	en
dc.subject	state dependence	en
dc.subject	JEL-Codes: I132	en
dc.title	The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type.svep	report	en
dc.gup.origin	Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law	en
dc.gup.department	Department of Economics	en