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Gender inequality : determinants and outcomes in Nigeria

Adeosun, Oluyemi Theophilus; Owolabi, Kayode Ebenezer - In: Journal of business and socio-economic development 1 (2021) 2, pp. 165-181

Purpose This paper aims to shed light on gender inequality in Nigeria exploring new available data. It makes a case for … income inequality in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The paper obtained data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey … the need to bridge the gap gender inequality has caused in Nigeria, especially related to income, education and …

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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 - 2023

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 explore how changes in …

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New estimates of poverty-reducing efficiency of growth using household survey data

Chukwu, Jude Okechukwu - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 28 (2024) 5, pp. 399-415

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

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 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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La banque face aux défis de l'avenir

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Agricultural and trade policy reform and inequality : the distributive effects of direct payments to German farmers under the EU's new common agricultural policy

Witzke, Harald von; Noleppa, Steffen - 2007

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has been in a process of reform since the early 1990s. As a result of reforms, agricultural market regulations have become more liberal and direct payments have been introduced which are to a large extent decoupled from production. In...

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Factor substitution, income distribution, and growth in a generalized neoclassical model

Irmen, Andreas; Klump, Rainer - 2007 - This Version: October 16, 2007

We analyze a generalized neoclassical growth model that combines a normalized CES production function and possible asymmetries of savings out of factor incomes. This generalized model helps to shed new light on a recent debate concerning the impact of factor substitution and income distribution...

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Trade liberalization and welfare inequality : a demand-based approach

Tarasov, Alexander - 2010

There is strong evidence that different income groups consume different bundles of goods. This evidence suggests that trade liberalization can affect welfare inequality within a country via changes in the relative prices of goods consumed by different income groups (the price effect). In this...

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Campaign advertising, redistribution and the gap between incomes of rich and poor

Usher, Dan - 2011

The effect of a widening of the distribution of income upon society's choice of the amount of redistribution is a balancing of two opposing forces: the increase in redistribution in response to the increased ratio of mean to median income and the decrease in response to the greater advertising...

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Why did Britain's households get richer? : decomposing UK household income growth between 1968 and 2008-09

Brewer, Mike; Wren-Lewis, Liam - 2012

Average real UK household income has almost doubled over the past forty years. With four decades of micro-data on household incomes, and relatively simple decomposition methods, we document the contribution to this growth in the mean net household income of working-age households from different...

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