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Changes in Well-being in Zimbabwe, 1990-6: Evidence Using Semi-parametric Density Estimates

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  • Jeffrey Alwang
  • Bradford F. Mills
  • Nelson Taruvinga

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Semi-parametric density reweighting techniques are used to examine sources of change in well-being in Zimbabwe during the first-half of the 1990s. Changes in urban well-being are decomposed into changes in employment propensities, changes in human capital attainment and changes in the structure of urban employment choice. Declines in national well-being are decomposed into changes resulting from urban--rural residence choice and changes in the structure of residential location. Finally, worsening rural conditions are decomposed into that part due to drought and that due to improved educational attainment. Results show that despite improvements in human capital attainment during the 1990s, well-being has worsened in all employment states. Investments in human capital only partially offset the general worsening of the economy. Likewise, decisions to migrate to urban areas from rural Zimbabwe helped offset worsening rural conditions. Drought explains a small amount of the general rural decline, but the bigger part of the worsening was due to general equilibrium effects associated with a deteriorating economy. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press.

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  • Jeffrey Alwang & Bradford F. Mills & Nelson Taruvinga, 2002. "Changes in Well-being in Zimbabwe, 1990-6: Evidence Using Semi-parametric Density Estimates," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 11(3), pages 326-364, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:11:y:2002:i:3:p:326-364
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    1. Kalwij, A.S. & Verschoor, A., 2004. "How Good is Growth for the Poor? The Role of Initial Income Distribution in Regional Diversity in Poverty Trends," Other publications TiSEM 199ed5a4-ad69-4cf9-81d7-b, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    2. Kalwij, Adriaan & Verschoor, Arjan, 2007. "Not by growth alone: The role of the distribution of income in regional diversity in poverty reduction," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(4), pages 805-829, May.
    3. Adriaan Kalwij & Arjan Verschoor, 2005. "A Decomposition of Poverty Trends Across Regions: the Role of Variation in the Income and Inequality Elasticities of Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-36, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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