Does Institutional Quality increase inequalities in Africa?

Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa () and Jacques Simon Song ()
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Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa: University of Dschang, Cameroon
Jacques Simon Song: University of Dschang, Cameroon

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2022, vol. 13, issue 3, No 8, 1896-1927

Abstract: Abstract This article appreciates the role of Institutional quality in addressing inequalities in Africa. Starting from Piketty’s (2015) holistic analysis of income inequalities and their sources, we have integrated two contemporary forms of inequalities (environmental and housing). We carry out an estimation of a panel data model using the Maximum Likelihood Method (MLM) on a sample of 48 African countries for the period 1996–2016, which yielded two main results. Firstly, governance indices reduce income inequality and have a significant adverse effect on housing and environmental inequalities. Secondly, Longevity of the regime and the Term in power of the political party of the chief executive exacerbate the inequalities in all its forms.

Keywords: Africa; Inequalities; Institutions; MLM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s13132-021-00771-4

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