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Inequality, Poverty, and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal

De Vreyer, Philippe; Lambert, Sylvie (2020), Inequality, Poverty, and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal, The World Bank Economic Review. 10.1093/wber/lhz052

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2020
Journal name
The World Bank Economic Review
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication identifier
10.1093/wber/lhz052
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Author(s)
De Vreyer, Philippe
Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Lambert, Sylvie cc
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PSE]
Abstract (EN)
Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence about their effects. The current practice of ignoring inequality within households could lead to an underestimation of both overall inequality and poverty levels, as well as to the misclassification of some individuals with regard to their poverty status. Using a novel survey for Senegal in which consumption data were collected at a disaggregated level, this paper quantifies these various effects. In total, two opposing effects, one on mean and one on inequality, compensate each other in terms of the overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities account for 14 percent of inequality in Senegal. This study has also uncovered the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of intra-household inequality and individual risk of poverty.
Subjects / Keywords
Inequality; poverty; household surveys; intra-household allocation; Senegal
JEL
C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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