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The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt
[Sur l'Urgence de la Mesure de la Dette des Ménages]

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  • Sébastien Michiels

    (IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Arnaud Natal

    (IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Isabelle Guérin

    (IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CESSMA UMRD 245 - Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - UPCité - Université Paris Cité)

  • Timothée Narring

    (CESSMA UMRD 245 - Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - UPCité - Université Paris Cité)

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  • Sébastien Michiels & Arnaud Natal & Isabelle Guérin & Timothée Narring, 2024. "The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt [Sur l'Urgence de la Mesure de la Dette des Ménages]," Post-Print hal-04832903, HAL.
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