Bigsten, ArneShimeles, Abebe2008-01-082008-01-082008-01-081403-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2077/8522This 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.engSubjective povertypoverty spellsstate dependenceJEL-Codes: I132Text