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dc.contributor.authorFambon, Samuelen
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-24T13:05:47Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-24T13:05:47Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/40245-
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 |x43en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInequalityen
dc.subject.keywordExpenditureen
dc.subject.keywordDecompositionen
dc.subject.keywordHousehold Surveysen
dc.subject.keywordCameroonen
dc.titleInequality in the Distribution of Household Expenditure in Cameroon-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654188939en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec09:43en

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