Tourism and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: the role of democracy

Wang Jiaqun, Kihumuro Jotham, Toyo Dossou (), Alastaire Alinsato () and Simplice Asongu
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Wang Jiaqun: Hefei, China
Kihumuro Jotham: Beijing, China
Toyo Dossou: Cotonou, Benin
Alastaire Alinsato: Cotonou, Benin

No 24/019, Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC) from Africa SEER Centre(ASC)

Abstract: The tourism literature has largely neglected another important factor that may influence the tourism and income inequality relationships. This factor reflects democractic institutions of the destination country. To contribute to the tourism literature, this studyattemmps to fill a gap in the tourism literature by investigating the moderating effect of democracy on the tourism-income inequality nexus for a panel of 23 sub-Sharan African countries over the period 2000-2020. The empirical evidence is based on the panel corrected standard errors (PCSE) estimation technique. The results obtained from our study show that tourism and democracy unconditionally worsen income inequality. Moreover, democracy complements tourism to further undermine income distribution as positive synergies are apparent. Policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Tourism; democracy; income inequality; Africa; PCSE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2024-01
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