The Economic Lives of the Poor

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

No 5968, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income generation as well as their access to markets and publicly provided infrastructure. The paper concludes with a discussion of some apparent anomalous choices.

Keywords: consumption choices; development; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O15 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-12
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