The effect of the sectoral composition of economic growth on rural and urban poverty

We examine the relationship between the sectoral composition of economic growth and the rural‐urban composition of poverty. To this end, we use a cross‐country panel dataset consisting of 146 rural and urban poverty “spells” for 70 low‐ and middle‐income countries. We find that rural (urban) poverty...

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Autores principales: Benfica, Rui, Henderson, Heath
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Association for Research in Income and Wealth 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142888

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