Prices, Unit Values and Local Measurement Units in Rural Surveys: An Econometric Approach with an Application to Poverty Measurement in Ethiopia.

Journal article

For many research problems in developing countries, some information on prices faced by households is required, for example if subsistence consumption is a substantial part of consumption. These prices are not readily available from household surveys, and at times they are not easily observed, for example if markets are thin and systematic price information can only be observed from markets some distance away from communities. Furthermore, quantities consumed and produced are often in local u...

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Authors: Capeau, B; Dercon, S

• Publisher: OUP
• Journal: Journal of African Economies
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 181 - 211
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• DOI: 10.1093/jae/eji028
• ISSN: 0963-8024
• Language: English