Who is poor this year? Understanding fluctuations in poverty status in three Chinese villages

We shed light on poverty dynamics by analyzing a census-like survey of three villages of Guizhou province during 2004 to 2011. While the absolute poverty rate is decreasing sharply in the sample, households are highly vulnerable to shocks, and rates of entry or re-entry into poverty are high. We dec...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yumei, Filipski, Mateusz J., Chen, Kevin Z., Diao, Xinshen
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Association of Agricultural Economists 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150577

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