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Fichier |
Type de dépôt |
Pré-publication, Document de travail |
Titre |
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By ignoring intra-household inequality, do we underestimate the extent of poverty?
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Résumé |
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This paper uses a novel survey to re-examine inequality and poverty levels in Senegal. In order to account for intra-household inequalities, the paper uses consumption data collected at a relatively disaggregated level within households. This data reveal that first, mean consumption is higher than measured by standard consumption surveys; and second, that consumption inequality in this country is also much higher that what is commonly thought, with a Gini index reaching 48. These findings affect global poverty estimates in opposite directions and in this context, nearly compensate for each other. Intra-household consumption inequalities are shown to account for nearly 14% of total inequality in Senegal. These results are robust to the existence of plausible measurement errors. As a result of this intra-household inequality, “invisible poor” exist with 12.6% of the poor individuals living in non-poor households.
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Auteur(s)
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Philippe de Vreyer
1, 2
, Sylvie Lambert
3, 4
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LEDa -
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
( 163511 )
- "Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 PARIS Cedex 16 "
- France
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Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ( 300302 )
;
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
2
DIAL -
Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme
( 12772 )
- DIAL - 4 rue d'Enghien - 75010 Paris
- France
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8545 ( 7550 )
;
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1393 ( 92114 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
;
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
;
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
;
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de production/écriture |
2018-03
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology • Computer Programs/C.C8.C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data • Data Access
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D - Microeconomics/D.D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics/D.D1.D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
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D - Microeconomics/D.D3 - Distribution/D.D3.D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty/I.I3.I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
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Référence interne |
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PSE Working Papers n°2018-12
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Mots-clés |
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Inequality, Poverty, Household surveys, Intra-household allocation, Senegal
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