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Fichier |
Type de dépôt |
Pré-publication, Document de travail |
Résumé |
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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 of some individuals as regards to their poverty status. Using a novel survey for Senegal in which consumption data were collected at a disaggregated level, this paper quantifies these various effects. In total, two opposing effects, one on mean and one on inequality, compensate each other in terms of the overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities accounts for 14% of inequality in Senegal. We uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of intra-household inequality and individual risk of poverty.
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Titre |
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Inequality, poverty and the intra-household allocation of consumption in Senegal
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Auteur(s)
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Philippe de Vreyer
1, 2
, Sylvie Lambert
3, 4
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DIAL -
Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme
( 12772 )
- DIAL - 4 rue d'Enghien - 75010 Paris
- France
2
LEDa -
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
( 559342 )
- Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny - 75775 PARIS Cedex 16
- France
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement UMR260 ( 67872 )
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Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ( 300302 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8007 ( 441569 )
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 |
2019-07
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Référence interne |
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PSE Working Papers n°2019-33
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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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Mots-clés |
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Inequality, Poverty, Household sruveys, Intra-household allocation, Senegal
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