Is It What You Inherited Or What You Learnt?: Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal

Sylvie Lambert, Martin Ravallion and Dominique van de Walle

No wp-2011-062, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Using original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption, we study the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic activities. While intergenerational linkages are evident, we find a seemingly high degree of mobility across generations, associated with the shift from farm to non-farm sectors and the greater economic activity of women. Male-dominated bequests of land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality.

Keywords: Consumption; Equality and inequality; Land tenure; Wealth; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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