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Insurance and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: Policy thresholds
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries during the period 2004-2014. Three inequality variables are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. Two insurance premiums are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389160
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Insurance and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa : Policy Thresholds
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries during the period 2004-2014. Three inequality variables are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. Two insurance premiums are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842012
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Insurance and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa : policy thresholds
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries during the period 2004-2014. Three inequality variables are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. Two insurance premiums are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165284
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The Covid-19 pandemic and the new poor in Africa : the straw that broke the Camel's back
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236692
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New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109487
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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. The empirical evidence is based on restricted and unrestricted Two-Stage Least Squares and a pre-crisis periodicity (1980-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596325
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The Covid-19 pandemic and the new poor in Africa: The straw that broke the Camel's back
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389192
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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 period 1996 to 2014. Financial development is defined in terms of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (from banking and financial system perspectives),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956962
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May the Soul of the IFS Financial System Definition RIP in Developing Countries
Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
burgeoning trends in mobile phone penetration, KE and poverty. Hence, the IFS definition has incontrovertibly fought its final …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207388
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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 period 1996 to 2014. Financial development is defined in terms of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (from banking and financial system perspectives),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872748