@inproceedings{Fambon2009Inequality,
abstract = {In the literature, it is generally accepted that consumption is a more appropriate welfare measure than household income or salaries. This paper aims to investigate the evolution of expenditure inequality in Cameroon over the 1984-1996 period, with the help of Lorenz Curves, the Gini coefficient, and two entropy measures of inequality. Total expenditure inequality is decomposed into the within-groups and between-groups components using Theils decomposition techniques and household expenditure data derived from the 1984 and 1996 National household surveys (i.e. the 1983/1984 Household Consumption Budget (EBC) survey, and the 1996 Cameroonian Household Survey (ECAM1)). Decompositions are carried out according to the residence area (rural, semi-urban, and urban), stratum, age, educational level and the gender of the household head. Policy implications are discussed.},
address = {G\"{o}ttingen},
author = {Samuel Fambon},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Inequality; Expenditure; Decomposition; Household Surveys; Cameroon},
language = {eng},
number = {43},
publisher = {Verein f\"{u}r Socialpolitik, Ausschuss f\"{u}r Entwicklungsl\"{a}nder},
series = {Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009},
title = {Inequality in the Distribution of Household Expenditure in Cameroon},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/40245},
year = {2009}
}
