DECOMPOSING POVERTY-INEQUALITY LINKAGES OF SOURCES OF DEPRIVATION BY MEN-HEADED AND WOMEN-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS IN CAMEROON

Boniface Ngah Epo () and Francis Menjo Baye
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Boniface Ngah Epo: University of Yaounde II, Cameroon
Francis Menjo Baye: University of Yaounde II, Cameroon

Journal of Economic Development, 2016, vol. 41, issue 1, 57-79

Abstract: We decompose poverty-inequality linkages of sources of deprivation by men-headed and women-headed households in Cameroon. Results indicate that (a) women-headed and gender-neutral households face more human and household capital deprivation and higher levels of inequality than their men-headed counterparts; and (b) whereas decreasing inequality between the men-headed and women-headed households would reduce the incidence and depth of human capital deprivation, reducing inequality among the men-and women-headed households will reduce the incidence and depth of household capital deprivation. Policies should simultaneously reduce household capital deprivations among men-headed and women-headed and human capital deprivation between these households.

Keywords: Poverty; Inequality; Gender; Welfare; Cameroon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D39 I30 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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