Assets and Poverty Traps in Rural Bangladesh
Published By: CPRC on eSS | Published Date: July, 06 , 2009This paper applies Carter and Barrett’s theory of assets poverty traps to a unique longitudinal survey from rural Bangladesh. Non-parametric and parametric methods are used to examine the shape of the dynamic asset frontier, the number of equilibria, and whether land and nonland assets stock converge to such equilibria. [CPRC Working Paper 143].
Author(s): Agnes Quisumbing, Bob Baulch | Posted on: Aug 06, 2009 | Views(1355) | Download (681)