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dc.contributor.authorBurger, Ronelleen
dc.contributor.authorBooysen, Frikkieen
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Servaas van deren
dc.contributor.authorMaltitz, Michael vonen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T09:29:56Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-21T09:29:56Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.isbn929190922Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/63356-
dc.description.abstractThe study uses an asset index of consumer durables to track changes in household wealth in Ghana during the recent period of strong growth. Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 1998 that contains both wealth data and consumer durable data, the authors demonstrate that the asset index approximate marketable wealth adequately. Although asset index estimates of wealth cannot match the precision of wealth surveys, this approach can provide useful information on marketable wealth in countries where more appropriate sources are not available. The asset index analysis with the three demographic and health surveys for 1993, 1998 and 2003 suggests that the solid economic growth seen over this period has been accompanied by a strong rise in the average asset index scores. – wealth ; Ghana ; asset indexen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2006/138en
dc.subject.jelE21en
dc.subject.jelO55en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwVermögensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwIndexen
dc.subject.stwAfrikaen
dc.titleMarketable wealth in a poor African country: Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn521397200en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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