Regional Integration and Income Inequality in ECOWAS Zone

Muriel Ametoglo (), Ping Guo () and Kwami Ossadzifo Wonyra ()
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Ping Guo: Hunan University, Postal: School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha 410079, China
Kwami Ossadzifo Wonyra: LAREA, Université de Kara, Postal: Laboratoire de Recherche en Economie Appliquée (LAREA), Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion FASEG, Université de Kara, BP 43, Togo

Journal of Economic Integration, 2018, vol. 33, issue 3, 604-627

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between regional integration and inequality for the 15 states in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the period of 2004~2013. Our results suggest that political integration reduces income inequality, while economic integration increases the income gap in ECOWAS zones

Keywords: Regional integration; Income inequality; Economic integration; Political integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 F14 F15 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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