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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: a Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty, and Regional Heterogeneity

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - In: Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy 6 (2023) 4, pp. 297-309

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and … research. First, we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then examine how changes in …

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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity

Chiwuzulum Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity

Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria overtime. The disconnect between these findings and … research. First we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then examine how changes in inequality …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411419

Within and between gender disparities in income and education benefits from democracy

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2007

There is data evidence that welfare has improved post democracy in Nigeria. However, the distribution or concentration …, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is explored. I make use of simple econometric tools to test two null … in Nigeria. Second, there are no within gender disparities of the shift to democracy on income and returns to education …

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Accounting for Income Distribution Trends : A Density Function Decomposition Approach

Jenkins, Stephen P.; van Kerm, Philippe - 2004

This paper develops methods for decomposing changes in the income distribution using subgroup decompositions of the income density function. Overall changes are related to changes in subgroup shares and changes in subgroup densities, where the latter are broken down further using elementary...

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Measuring international inequality aversion

Tol, Richard S. J. - 2008

I measure the rate of aversion to inequality in consumption as expressed in the development aid given by rich countries to poor ones between 1965 and 2005. Over time, OECD countries have become less concerned about international inequity. Even for a fairly leaky bucket, the consumption rate of...

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The distributional implications of a carbon tax in Ireland

Callan, Tim; Lyons, Seán; Scott, Susan; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2008

We study the effects of carbon tax and revenue recycling across the income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. In absolute terms, a carbon tax of €20/tCO2 would cost the poorest households less than €3/week and the richest households more than €4/week. A carbon tax is regressive,...

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Has trade liberalisation in poor countries delivered the promises expected?

Pacheco-López, Penélope; Thirlwall, A. P. - 2009

The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between countries, trade and the balance of payments, and...

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Inequality, inequity aversion, and the provision of public goods

Kölle, Felix; Sliwka, Dirk; Zhou, Nannan - 2011

We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...

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Determinants of income inequality and its effects on economic growth: Evidence from African countries

Odedokun, Matthew O.; Round, Jeffery I. - 2001

The paper empirically investigates, in the context of African countries, the determinants of income distribution and inequality, the effect of inequality on economic growth, and the channels through which inequality affects growth. Data for 35 countries over different periods in the last four...

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