Using an asset index to simulate household income
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.08.014
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- Kenneth Harttgen & Stephan Klasen & Sebastian Vollmer, 2012.
"Economic Growth and Child Undernutrition in Africa,"
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2012-013, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa.
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Asset index; Household income; Developing countries;JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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