The persistence of urban poverty in Ethiopia: A tale of two measurements
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2008-01-08T07:58:56Z
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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.
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Subjective poverty, poverty spells, state dependence, JEL-Codes: I132