Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence. The current practice of ignoring inequality within households could lead to an underestimation of both overall inequality and poverty levels, as well as to the misclassification...

Divorce and widowhood followed by remarriage are common for women in Africa. A key question is how such discontinuous marital trajectories affect women's wellbeing. Women's marital trajectories in Senegal are described and correlated with measures of voice, resource constraints, and wellbeing as...

Identifies factors, including economic vulnerability of households, determining children's participation in the labour market.

[fre] Un modèle d'équilibre général, appliqué à la Côte-d'lvoire, . par Sylvie Lambert, Akiko Suwa.. . La Côte-d'lvoire a longtemps été considérée comme une économie performante et exemplaire. Cependant, la crise des années quatre-vingt met en evidence de la vulnérabilité de...

How much economic mobility is there across generations in a poor, primarily rural, economy? How much do intergenerational linkages contribute to current inequality? We address these questions using original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption. While...