Estimating Utility: Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique

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Estimating Utility : Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique. / Arndt, Channing; Simler, Kenneth R.

I: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Bind 58, Nr. 3, 2010, s. 449-474.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Arndt, C & Simler, KR 2010, 'Estimating Utility: Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique', Economic Development and Cultural Change, bind 58, nr. 3, s. 449-474. https://doi.org/10.1086/650413

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Arndt, C., & Simler, K. R. (2010). Estimating Utility: Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 58(3), 449-474. https://doi.org/10.1086/650413

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Arndt C, Simler KR. Estimating Utility: Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 2010;58(3):449-474. https://doi.org/10.1086/650413

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Arndt, Channing ; Simler, Kenneth R. / Estimating Utility : Consistent Poverty Lines with Applications to Egypt and Mozambique. I: Economic Development and Cultural Change. 2010 ; Bind 58, Nr. 3. s. 449-474.

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