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Inequality, Finance and Pro-Poor Investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015
This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596325
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The Comparative Inclusive Human Development of Globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596374
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On the Relationship between Globalisation and the Economic Participation of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Tanankem, Belmondo V. - 2017
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596390
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Globalisation and female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2019
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112138
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Revisiting the finance-inequality nexus in a panel of African countries
Meniago, Christelle; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the …, three indicators of inequality are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The empirical … hypothesis: a humped shaped nexus between increasing GDP per capita and inequality. Policy implications are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956962
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The effect of finance on inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable CO2 emissions thresholds
Asongu, Simplice; Vo, Xuan Vinh - 2020
There is a glaring concern of income inequality in the light of the post-2015 global development agenda of sustainable … inequality in a panel of 39 countries in SSA over the period 2004-2014. Quantile regressions are used as an empirical strategy …. The following findings are established. Financial development unconditionally decreases income inequality with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389191
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Inequality, finance and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study investigates linkages between financial development, income inequality and renewable energy consumption from … renewable energy consumption while income inequality counteracts the underlying positive effect. The QR results reveal that the … inequality that should not be exceeded are computed for bottom quantiles of the renewable energy consumption distribution while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389238
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The Green Economy and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable Thresholds and Thresholds for Complementary Policies
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 … the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as long as CO2 emissions metric tons per capita are kept below 4.700 (4 … energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652955
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The comparative inclusive human development of globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542429
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The Green Economy and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable Thresholds and Thresholds for Complementary Policies
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 … the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as long as CO2 emissions metric tons per capita are kept below 4.700 (4 … energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404454