Is transient poverty different?: Evidence for rural China

In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 36, Heft 6, S. 82-99

Abstract

This study proposes a method for testing whether transient and chronic poverty share common determinants. The authors define transient poverty as the contribution of consumption variability over time to expected consumption poverty. Using household panel data for rural China the authors test whether transient poverty is determined by a process that is similar to chronic poverty. (DSE/DÜI)