DECOMPOSING POVERTY-INEQUALITY LINKAGES OF SOURCES OF DEPRIVATION BY MEN-HEADED AND WOMEN-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS IN CAMEROON | Zendy

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DECOMPOSING POVERTY-INEQUALITY LINKAGES OF SOURCES OF DEPRIVATION BY MEN-HEADED AND WOMEN-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS IN CAMEROON

Author(s) -

Boniface Ngah Epo,

Francis Menjo Baye

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of economic development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 2636-0578

pISSN - 0254-8372

DOI - 10.35866/caujed.2016.41.1.004

Subject(s) - poverty , inequality , economics , gender inequality , demographic economics , development economics , economic growth , mathematics , mathematical analysis

We decompose poverty-inequality linkages of sources of deprivation by men-headed and women-headed households in Cameroon. Results indicate that (a) women-headed and gender-neutral households face more human and household capital deprivation and higher levels of inequality than their men-headed counterparts; and (b) whereas decreasing inequality between the men-headed and women-headed households would reduce the incidence and depth of human capital deprivation, reducing inequality among the men-and women-headed households will reduce the incidence and depth of household capital deprivation. Policies should simultaneously reduce household capital deprivations among men-headed and women-headed and human capital deprivation between these households.

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