Robust Estimates of Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Post-Independence Namibia
| Autor: | Benjamin Roberts, Sebastian Levine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Consumption (economics)
Economics and Econometrics Inequality Welfare economics media_common.quotation_subject Stochastic dominance Redistribution (cultural anthropology) Robust Estimates of Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Post-Independence Namibia Income inequality metrics Economic inequality Income distribution Econometrics Economics Social inequality media_common |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Economics. 81:167-191 |
| ISSN: | 0038-2280 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2012.01335.x |
| Popis: | The authors estimate changes in the distribution of household consumption expenditure in Namibia since Independence in 1990 and the effects on poverty. To produce comparability between two household surveys, they use survey matching techniques and apply the framework of stochastic dominance to test the robustness of the results. The results reveal a significant decrease in the poverty headcount over the period and small but insignificant decreases in the country?s extremely high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in mean incomes rather than redistribution. Even so, there have been important changes in inequality, especially between different social groups, as educational attainment has replaced ethnicity as the main determinant of inequality between groups. (?) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) |
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