The effect of foreign aid on income inequality : evidence from panel cointegration

by Dierk Herzer; Peter Nunnenkamp

This paper examines the long-run effect of foreign aid on income inequality for 21 recipient countries using panel cointegration techniques to control for omitted variable and endogeneity bias. We find that aid exerts an inequality increasing effect on income distribution. -- Inequality ; foreign aid ; panel data ; cointegration

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Herzer, Dierk ; Nunnenkamp, Peter
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel Inst. for the World Economy
Subject:	Internationale Finanzhilfe \| International financial assistance \| Entwicklungshilfe \| Development aid \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 29 S., 365 KB) graph. Darst.
Series:	Kiel working paper. - Kiel : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1862-1155, ZDB-ID 2107612-1. - Vol. 1762
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/56382 [Handle]
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; F35 - Foreign Aid ; C23 - Models with Panel Data
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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