Is Poverty in Africa Mostly Chronic or Transient? Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data.
Absent actual panel household survey data, we construct for the first time synthetic panel data for more than 20 countries accounting for two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. We employ in this process repeated cross sections that span, on average, a six-year period for each country. O...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 1527 - 1548 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2019
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