How well do static indicators identify the chronically poor?
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Our thanks to Gaurav Datt, Paul Glewwe, Michael Lipton, T.N. Srinivasan, Tom Walker and the Journal's referees for their comments on the paper, and to Tom Walker and other staff of ICRISAT India for providing generous access to the household survey data used here. Work on this paper was done while Chaudhuri was on leave to the World Bank. Financial support from the World Bank's Research Committee (RPO 675-96) is gratefully acknowledged. These are the views of the authors, and should not be attributed to the World Bank, or any affiliated organization.
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