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

Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence. The current practice of ignoring inequality within households could lead to an underestimation of both overall inequality and pove...

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Main Authors:	De Vreyer, Philippe, Lambert, Sylvie
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829111579787974328/Inequality-Poverty-and-the-Intra-Household-Allocation-of-Consumption-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33235

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spelling	okr-10986-332352022-09-20T00:11:46Z Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence. 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 as regards 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 accounts for 14 percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of intra-household inequality and individual risk of poverty. 2020-01-23T21:59:47Z 2020-01-23T21:59:47Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829111579787974328/Inequality-Poverty-and-the-Intra-Household-Allocation-of-Consumption-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33235 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9121 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Senegal
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spellingShingle	INEQUALITY POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
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description	Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence. 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 as regards 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 accounts for 14 percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of intra-household inequality and individual risk of poverty.
format	Working Paper
author	De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie
author_facet	De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie
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title	Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
title_short	Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
title_full	Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
title_fullStr	Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal
title_sort	inequality, poverty and the intra-household allocation of consumption in senegal
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829111579787974328/Inequality-Poverty-and-the-Intra-Household-Allocation-of-Consumption-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33235
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Inequality, Poverty and the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Senegal

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