Measurement and Decomposition of Consumption Inequality in Pakistan

Muhammad Idrees and Eatzaz Ahmad ()
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Eatzaz Ahmad: Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Lahore Journal of Economics, 2010, vol. 15, issue 2, 97-112

Abstract: This paper shows that inequality in consumption expenditure in Pakistan improved slightly between 1992/93 and 2004/05, and that the extent of inequality in food consumption has remained substantially lower than in nonfood consumption. An important result is that household expenditure on education has been more unequally distributed than overall consumption expenditures. In contrast, healthcare expenditure in urban areas has been distributed relatively more evenly in recent years, while the level of inequality in healthcare expenditures in rural areas has remained persistent and somewhat higher.

Keywords: Consumption inequality; decomposition; Gini coefficient; Pakistan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D6 D63 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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