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INCOME INEQUALITY IN RURAL PAKISTAN: A study of sample villages

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Overall income inequality is decomposed into the contribution of various income sources. Wage employment, nonfarm enterprise, and livestock were found to be inequality-mitigating. Unequal access to land was the major influence upon income inequality, directly through highly unequal crop incomes and indirectly through inequity created in other income opportunities. The. brief analysis of poverty suggests that rural poverty is largely borne by those with disadvantaged access to land. The situation of the landless demands more attention for this agrarian group than usually accorded in anti-poverty programs.

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  • Aly ERCELAWN, 1984. "INCOME INEQUALITY IN RURAL PAKISTAN: A study of sample villages," Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, Applied Economics Research Centre, vol. 3(1), pages 1-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:pje:journl:article1984sumiii
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    1. Adams, Richard H, Jr & Alderman, Harold, 1992. "Sources of Income Inequality in Rural Pakistan: A Decomposition Analysis," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 54(4), pages 591-608, November.
    2. Adams, Richard H., Jr., 1996. "Remittances, income distribution, and rural asset accumulation," FCND discussion papers 17, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    7. Adams, Richard H., Jr., 1996. "Livestock income, male/female animals, and inequality in rural Pakistan," FCND discussion papers 21, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    9. Alderman, Harold & Garcia, Marito, 1993. "Poverty, household food security, and nutrition in rural Pakistan:," Research reports 96, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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