Measuring the attributes of poverty and its persistence: a case study of Eritrea

This paper tries to identify the correlates of poverty in urban Eritrea using an estimation technique (theDOGEV model) that also allows for the inclusion of a measure of “persistence” in poverty levels fromcross-sectional estimation. The results suggest that 17 percent of the probability of being mo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fissuh, E., Serieux, J., Harris, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12651