IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/jda/journl/vol.48year2014issue1pp253-273.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Impact of equivalence scales on the spatial distribution of poverty in Cameroon: a dynamic approach

Author

Listed:
  • Luc Nembot Ndeffo

    (University of Dschang, Cameroon)

  • Ngangue Ngwen

    (University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon)

  • Pierre Joubert Nguetse Tegoum

    (National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon)

  • Cyrille Bergaly Kamdem

    (University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon)

  • Marienne Makoudem Tene

    (University of Dschang, Cameroon)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the integration of the relative cost of children to adults and of economies of scale in the context of household’s welfare evaluation. Results derived with empirically-estimated scales show that female-headed households are poorer than male-headed households. Poverty is also found to be more prevalent in rural areas, in households whose heads are illiterate, and in households whose heads work in the informal sector. As for poverty dynamics, the results show that poverty decreased in Cameroon between 1996 and 2001. Despite the fact that some results are the same as those derived from the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) scales used by Cameroon’s National Institute of Statistics, many stand in stark contrast to these. The results of the present study are used to recommend specific policies in favor of poverty alleviation.

Suggested Citation

  • Luc Nembot Ndeffo & Ngangue Ngwen & Pierre Joubert Nguetse Tegoum & Cyrille Bergaly Kamdem & Marienne Makoudem Tene, 2014. "Impact of equivalence scales on the spatial distribution of poverty in Cameroon: a dynamic approach," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 48(1), pages 253-273, January-M.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.48:year:2014:issue1:pp:253-273
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_developing_areas/v048/48.1.ndeffo.html
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Filip Edmund Gęstwicki, 2016. "Skale ekwiwalentności w badaniach dochodów gospodarstw domowych," Collegium of Economic Analysis Annals, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of Economic Analysis, issue 40, pages 515-526.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Equivalence scales; poverty; harmonized data; global scale; specific scales for goods; Cameroon;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.48:year:2014:issue1:pp:253-273. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Abu N.M. Wahid (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/cbtnsus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.