Spatial inequalities explained: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Arbeitspapier

The literature shows that regional disparities in growth and poverty are often relatively high, that these regional disparities do not necessarily disappear as the economies grow and develop and that these disparities are itself in many cases an important driver of the overall performance of an economy. In this paper we make use of the advantage of a multilevel random coefficient model to explain spatial disparities in incomes among Burkinab`e households. Our findings show that it is not a geographical concentration of people with poor endowments that make areas poor in Burkina Faso. Household income disparities are largely driven by differences in neighborhood endowments and to a smaller extent by provincial or regional characteristics. We conclude that the policy should target small scale geographical units, such as villages. Providing infrastructure, enhancing the functioning of labor markets and fostering demand for education can compensate for climatical disadvantages.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IAI Discussion Papers ; No. 173

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
• Thema: spatial inequality ; poverty ; multilevel modeling ; decomposition ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; Haushaltseinkommen ; Regionale Disparität ; Armut ; Regionale Konzentration ; Kommunale Infrastruktur ; Klima ; Burkina Faso

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gräb, Johannes ; Grimm, Michael
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
• (wo): Göttingen
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57321
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ