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Evaluating poverty duration and transition: a spell-approach to rural China

J. You Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK; Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1377-1382 | Published online: 15 Mar 2011

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