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ISBN: 0-8213-3862-5
ISSN: 0253-4517 |
| Steven Howes is an economist at the World Bank; this paper was written while he was in the Poverty and Human Resources Division of the Bank's Policy Research Department. Jean Olson Lanjouw is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Yale University. |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Howes, Stephen R., 1964
Poverty comparisons and household survey design / Stephen R. Howes
and Jean Olson Lanjouw.
p. cm. (LSMS working paper, ISSN 0253-4517; no. 129)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-3862-5
1. PovertyStatistical methods. 2. Household surveys
Statistical methods. I. Lanjouw, Jean Olson. II. Title.
III. Series.
HC79.P6H68 1997
339.2'2'dc21 96-53397
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