Accounting for Heterogeneity in Growth Incidence in Cameroon

Bassole, Leandre; Essama-Nssah, B.; Paul, Saumik

Accounting for Heterogeneity in Growth Incidence in Cameroon

2010

Bassole, Leandre | Essama-Nssah, B. | Paul, Saumik

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 in 1996-2007. In particular, the analysis uses re-centered influence function regressions to link the growth incidence curve for 2001-2007 to household characteristics and account for heterogeneity of impact across quantiles in terms of the composition (or endowment) effect and structural (or price) effect. The analysis finds that the level of the growth incidence curve is explained by the endowment effect while its shape is driven by the price effect. Observed gains at the bottom of the distribution are due to returns to endowments. The rest of the gains are accounted for by the composition effect. Further decomposition of these effects shows that the composition effect is determined mainly by household demographics while the structural effect is shaped by the sector of employment and geography. Finally, analysis of the rural-urban gap in living standards shows that, for the poorest households in both sectors, differences in household characteristics matter more than the returns to those characteristics. The opposite is true for better-off households.

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agricultural products agricultural sector debt devaluation development strategy economic growth economics exchange rate exports food crops gnp gross domestic product household surveys human capital income income distribution land ownership living standards poverty reduction public investment public sector regression analysis rural areas rural poverty structural adjustment subsistence urban areas urban poverty

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Poverty line; Squared poverty gap; Public policy; Employment opportunities; Increasing inequality; Income inequality; Per capita income; Rural markets; Poverty impact; Poor people; Poverty reduction strategy paper; Regional dummies; Growth episode; Development policy; Poverty gap; Lorenz curve; Macroeconomic stability; Regional disparity; Household level data; Annual growth; Significant impact; Poor countries; Data issues; Policy reforms; Gdp; Negative sign; Household welfare; Rural counterparts; Counterfactual; Regional differences; Annual growth rate; Average growth rate; Community assets; Export price index; Empirical results; Average growth; Regional level; Poverty measure; Gini coefficient; Income growth rate; Expected value; National poverty; Decomposable poverty measures; Growth process; Poor; Welfare level; Growth prospects; Mean growth; Development report; Decomposition techniques; Decomposable poverty; Poverty analysis; Inequality effect; Regional distributions; Marginal effect; Population share; Rural; Relative inequality; Gini index; Scale effect; Welfare indicator; Trade shocks; Poverty incidence; Relative contribution; Export markets; Real income; Household demographics; Dependent variable; Regional poverty; Aggregate poverty; Poverty levels; Urban region; Household composition; Adverse effects; Female-headed households; Income effect; Multiplier effects; Density function; Incidence of poverty; Poverty outcomes; Poverty reduction strategy; Changes in poverty; Estimated coefficients; Policy research; Economic activity; Growth effect; Rural inequality; Per capita expenditure; Schooling; Poverty measures; Household survey; Public spending; Growth rates; Real gdp; Average income; Political stability; Poverty rates; Regional inequality; Development efforts; Headcount poverty; Income share; Rural differences; Rural sector; Competitiveness; Reduction in poverty; Mean income; Rural area; Growth component; Agricultural employment; Inequality; Regional distribution; Household head; Distribution function; Labor force; Poor infrastructure; Expected values; Smallholder agriculture; Poverty indices; Debt relief; Income growth

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