Business cycles, economic crises, and the poor
Subtitle: testing for asymmetric effects
By: Pierre-Richard Agénor.
Contributors: World Bank Institute. Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2700; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2700
Publisher: World Bank, World Bank Institute, Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Division
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Poverty -- Brazil.; Business cycles -- Economic aspects -- Brazil.
Description: Analysis of data from Brazil suggest that poverty responds asymmetrically to output shocks, showing less tendency to fall in response to a positive shock when the economy is initially in a downturn.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25).
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"October 2001."
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.