Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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.

Gender --- Gender and Economics --- Gender and Poverty --- Household Consumption --- Household Surveys --- Inequality --- Living Standards --- Poverty --- Poverty Reduction

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Les marchés du travail en Afrique restent à ce jour largement inexplorés et leur fonctionnement méconnu. Leur connaissance est pourtant centrale dans les politiques de développement et de lutte contre la pauvreté. Quelles sont les personnes qui n'ont pas accès à l'emploi ou sont sous-employées ? Comment le secteur formel cohabite-t-il avec le secteur informel ? Existe-t-il des traits communs à l'ensemble des marchés urbains du travail en Afrique, ou bien chaque pays est-il un cas particulier ? Quels liens entretiennent-ils avec la migration, l'éducation et les discriminations ethniques ou de genre ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions traitées ici, à travers l'analyse d'une série unique d'enquêtes parfaitement harmonisées, réalisées dans une dizaine de pays du continent. Cet ouvrage collectif fournit le premier bilan actualisé du marché du travail en Afrique subsaharienne. Un outil précieux en matière de lutte contre la pauvreté.

Labor market --- Labor economics --- Unemployment --- Working poor --- Poor --- Income distribution --- Employment --- Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Economic conditions. --- Labor market - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Labor economics - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Poverty - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Africa, Sub-Saharan - Economic conditions --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- Poverty --- Working class --- Joblessness --- Employment (Economic theory) --- Full employment policies --- Labor supply --- Manpower policy --- Underemployment --- Economics --- Employees --- Market, Labor --- Supply and demand for labor --- Markets --- Economic conditions --- Supply and demand --- Afrique noire --- marché du travail --- citadins --- demandeurs d'emploi