Accounting for Heterogeneity in Growth Incidence in Cameroon

This paper presents counterfactual decompositions based on both the Shapley method and a generalization of the Oaxaca-Blinder approach to identify proximate factors that might explain differences in the distribution of economic welfare in Cameroon...

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Main Authors:	Essama-Nssah, B., Bassole, Leandre, Paul, Saumik
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME CHANGES IN POVERTY COMMUNITY ASSETS COMPETITIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL DATA ISSUES DEBT DEBT RELIEF DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES DENSITY FUNCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PRICE INDEX EXPORTS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD CROPS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH EPISODE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME GROWTH INCOME GROWTH RATE INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INCREASING INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY EFFECT LABOR FORCE LAND OWNERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LORENZ CURVE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL EFFECT MEAN GROWTH MEAN INCOME MULTIPLIER EFFECTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE SIGN PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING REAL GDP REAL INCOME REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS REGIONAL DUMMIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL POVERTY REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION RELATIVE INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTERPARTS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL MARKETS RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SCALE EFFECT SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SQUARED POVERTY GAP STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSISTENCE TRADE SHOCKS URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY URBAN REGION WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE LEVEL
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