The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010

Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening disparitie...

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Main Author: Mansour, Wael
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16867259/patterns-determinants-household-welfare-growth-jordan-2002-2010
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO SERVICES
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE RATE
BASE YEAR
BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
CAPITAL ASSETS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONSUMPTION QUINTILES
CONSUMPTION RATES
CORRUPTION
COUNTERFACTUAL
CROWDING OUT
DECLINE IN POVERTY
DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DOWNWARD BIAS
DROP IN POVERTY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
EXCLUSION
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FAMILIES
FAMILY SERVICES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISCAL POLICY
FOOD ITEMS
GDP
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH COMPONENT
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
HISTORICAL DATA
HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME SOURCES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY CHANGES
INEQUALITY COEFFICIENT
INEQUALITY COMPONENT
INEQUALITY EFFECT
INEQUALITY INDICATORS
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY TRENDS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR FORCE
LACK OF ACCESS
LORENZ CURVE
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE SLOPE
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY REVIEW
POOR
POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POSITIVE GROWTH
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY INDICES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY OUTCOMES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY SEVERITY
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PURE GROWTH
PURE GROWTH EFFECT
REAL ESTATE
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
RECEIPT
REDUCED POVERTY
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL BASIS
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DIMENSION
REGIONAL DISCREPANCIES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LEVELS
REGIONAL PATTERN
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL RESULTS
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRENDS
REGIONAL WELFARE
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESIDUAL COMPONENT
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GROWTH
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LEVEL
RURAL POOR
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL REGIONS
RURAL RESIDENTS
SAVINGS
SCALE EFFECT
SCHOOLING
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
SIDE EFFECTS
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
URBAN AREAS
URBAN REGIONS
VALUE ADDED
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAGES
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WELFARE INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO SERVICES
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE RATE
BASE YEAR
BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
CAPITAL ASSETS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
CONSUMPTION QUINTILES
CONSUMPTION RATES
CORRUPTION
COUNTERFACTUAL
CROWDING OUT
DECLINE IN POVERTY
DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DOWNWARD BIAS
DROP IN POVERTY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
EXCLUSION
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FAMILIES
FAMILY SERVICES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISCAL POLICY
FOOD ITEMS
GDP
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH COMPONENT
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
HISTORICAL DATA
HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME SOURCES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY CHANGES
INEQUALITY COEFFICIENT
INEQUALITY COMPONENT
INEQUALITY EFFECT
INEQUALITY INDICATORS
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY TRENDS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR FORCE
LACK OF ACCESS
LORENZ CURVE
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE SLOPE
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY REVIEW
POOR
POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POSITIVE GROWTH
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY CHANGES
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY INDICES
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY OUTCOMES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY SEVERITY
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PURE GROWTH
PURE GROWTH EFFECT
REAL ESTATE
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
RECEIPT
REDUCED POVERTY
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL BASIS
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DIMENSION
REGIONAL DISCREPANCIES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LEVELS
REGIONAL PATTERN
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL RESULTS
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRENDS
REGIONAL WELFARE
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESIDUAL COMPONENT
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL GROWTH
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LEVEL
RURAL POOR
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL REGIONS
RURAL RESIDENTS
SAVINGS
SCALE EFFECT
SCHOOLING
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
SIDE EFFECTS
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
URBAN AREAS
URBAN REGIONS
VALUE ADDED
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WAGES
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WELFARE INDICATORS
Mansour, Wael
The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Jordan
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6249
description Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening disparities. Using official household expenditure surveys for 2002, 2008, and 2010, this paper analyzes the patterns and determinants of household welfare growth and examines the extent to which economic growth has been inclusive of the more vulnerable groups. Using counterfactual decompositions, the paper dwells first on the dynamics observed behind the drop in poverty and inequality. It then carries out regression analysis using re-centered influence functions to examine the economic determinants of household welfare growth throughout the decade. The paper finds that welfare growth as opposed to welfare distribution was the main driver behind poverty reduction, and that the drop in inequality was primarily driven by a regional catching-up effect. In addition, the analysis identifies rent, access to human capital services, and more importantly employment in the services sector and the public sector as the major determinants of welfare growth in Jordan. Public hiring in particular was used extensively as a tool for poverty alleviation, especially for residents outside the capital.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Mansour, Wael
author_facet Mansour, Wael
author_sort Mansour, Wael
title The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
title_short The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
title_full The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
title_fullStr The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
title_full_unstemmed The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
title_sort patterns and determinants of household welfare growth in jordan : 2002-2010
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16867259/patterns-determinants-household-welfare-growth-jordan-2002-2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12091
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spelling okr-10986-120912021-04-23T14:02:59Z The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010 Mansour, Wael ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE RATE BASE YEAR BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CAPITAL ASSETS CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONSUMPTION QUINTILES CONSUMPTION RATES CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL CROWDING OUT DECLINE IN POVERTY DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS DOWNWARD BIAS DROP IN POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTION EXCLUSION EXPECTED VALUE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FAMILIES FAMILY SERVICES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL POLICY FOOD ITEMS GDP GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH MODEL GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME SOURCES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY COEFFICIENT INEQUALITY COMPONENT INEQUALITY EFFECT INEQUALITY INDICATORS INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY TRENDS INTERNATIONAL BANK KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LACK OF ACCESS LORENZ CURVE MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN GROWTH MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE SLOPE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY REVIEW POOR POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE GROWTH POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDEX POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SEVERITY PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFERS PURE GROWTH PURE GROWTH EFFECT REAL ESTATE REAL GDP REAL INCOME RECEIPT REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DIMENSION REGIONAL DISCREPANCIES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL PATTERN REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL RESULTS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRENDS REGIONAL WELFARE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESIDUAL COMPONENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LEVEL RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS RURAL RESIDENTS SAVINGS SCALE EFFECT SCHOOLING SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SIDE EFFECTS SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN AREAS URBAN REGIONS VALUE ADDED VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE INDICATORS Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening disparities. Using official household expenditure surveys for 2002, 2008, and 2010, this paper analyzes the patterns and determinants of household welfare growth and examines the extent to which economic growth has been inclusive of the more vulnerable groups. Using counterfactual decompositions, the paper dwells first on the dynamics observed behind the drop in poverty and inequality. It then carries out regression analysis using re-centered influence functions to examine the economic determinants of household welfare growth throughout the decade. The paper finds that welfare growth as opposed to welfare distribution was the main driver behind poverty reduction, and that the drop in inequality was primarily driven by a regional catching-up effect. In addition, the analysis identifies rent, access to human capital services, and more importantly employment in the services sector and the public sector as the major determinants of welfare growth in Jordan. Public hiring in particular was used extensively as a tool for poverty alleviation, especially for residents outside the capital. 2013-01-04T18:51:19Z 2013-01-04T18:51:19Z 2012-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16867259/patterns-determinants-household-welfare-growth-jordan-2002-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12091 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6249 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Jordan