Inequality and the growth-poverty nexus: specification empirics using African data

被引：41

作者：

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi ^{[1
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机构：

[1] UN Econ Commiss Africa, Econ & Social Policy Div, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Rural Dev Res Consortium, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 15卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1080/13504850600706669

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Applying analysis-of-covariance to 1990s African data, the study finds the impact of growth as a decreasing function of inequality and a poverty-growth elasticity range of 0.02-0.68 across the sample of countries.

引用

页码：563 / 566

页数：4

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