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How does household welfare vary in response to changes in food prices? Poor vs. non-poor households

Lucía Echeverríaa CONICET and Department of Economics, University of Mar del Plata, ArgentinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jose Alberto Molinab Department of Economic Analysis, University of Zaragoza, Spain, and Institute of Labor Economics, Zaragoza, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9437-4606
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Pages 854-862 | Published online: 01 Dec 2022

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