1. The Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Inequality among All Africans
- Author
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Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah and Lakner, Christoph
- Subjects
PRICE LEVELS ,ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ,GROWTH RATES ,REGIONAL MEDIAN ,ECONOMIC GROWTH ,EXTREME POVERTY ,ANNUAL RATE ,EXCHANGE RATES ,MEASUREMENT ,DECREASING INEQUALITY ,INEQUALITY MEASURES ,DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ,DEPENDENT VARIABLE ,POPULATION GROWTH ,LAGS ,INCOME ,DATA SET ,INFLATION RATE ,BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY ,POOR GROWTH ,PER CAPITA INCOME ,DISTRIBUTION ,AVERAGE INCOMES ,ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ,LIVING STANDARDS ,INCOME SHARE ,POLICY DISCUSSIONS ,INCOMES ,DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ,LAND OWNERSHIP ,ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ,GROWTH PROCESS ,SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL ,DEVELOPING WORLD ,PURCHASING POWER ,GROWTH PERFORMANCE ,NATIONAL INCOME ,WELFARE ,INCOME INEQUALITY ,CONSUMPTION ,GDP PER CAPITA ,THEORY ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,RELATIVE PRICES ,MEASURING POVERTY ,TRADE ,LOW INCOME ,INCREASING SHARE ,CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ,PER CAPITA INCOMES ,HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ,INEQUALITY ,EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ,GROUP INEQUALITY ,WEALTH ,PRIVATE CONSUMPTION ,ECONOMIC THEORY ,DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ,AVERAGE INEQUALITY ,PRODUCT ,ECONOMIC REVIEW ,INEQUALITY ESTIMATES ,GDP ,BASE YEAR ,EXCHANGE ,INEQUALITY COMPONENT ,INCOME DISTRIBUTION ,VALUE ,POSITIVE EFFECTS ,COUNTRY CLASSIFICATIONS ,GROWTH SPELLS ,REGIONAL INEQUALITY ,DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ,ECONOMETRICS ,BENCHMARK ,AVERAGE INCOME ,POVERTY ESTIMATES ,REAL GROWTH ,POOR PEOPLE ,POPULATION SHARE ,MEASURING INEQUALITY ,INCOME LEVEL ,MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES ,ECONOMIC POLICY ,HOUSEHOLD INCOME ,POLICY RESEARCH ,INCREASING INEQUALITY ,INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION ,GROWTH RATE ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION ,REAL GDP ,POVERTY HEADCOUNT ,AVERAGE ANNUAL ,INCOME CONVERGENCE ,CONSUMPTION GROWTH ,INCOME GROUPS ,LORENZ CURVE ,INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS ,MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME ,MEAN CONSUMPTION ,POWER PARITY ,DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS ,POVERTY LINE ,NATURAL RESOURCES ,INEQUALITY RESULTS ,ECONOMIES OF SCALE ,MEAN INCOME ,INEQUALITY MEASURE ,LOGARITHMIC SCALE ,MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY ,ECONOMIC RESEARCH ,POVERTY RATE ,RESIDUAL INEQUALITY ,POSITIVE GROWTH ,FALLING POVERTY - Abstract
This paper uses a set of national household surveys to study the regional Sub-Saharan Africa distribution of consumption expenditure among individuals during 1993 to 2008. The analysis puts the disparities in living standards that exist among persons in Africa into context with the disparities that exist within and between African countries. Regional interpersonal inequality has increased (from a Gini index of 52 percent in 1993 to 56 percent in 2008), driven by increasing disparities in living standards across countries, while there has been no systematic increase in within-country inequality. For the African distribution as a whole, growth of consumption expenditure (from household surveys) has been low (around 1 percent per year). This growth has been uneven and as a result the richest 5 percent of Africans received around 40 percent of the total gains, while the bottom third stagnated.
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- 2016