An Unconditional Quantile Regression Based Decomposition of Spatial Welfare Inequalities in Ghana.
Ghana has witnessed tremendous economic growth since the 1990s and attained the Millennium Development Goals target of halving poverty. This notwithstanding, inequality in Ghana increased over the same period, suggesting growth benefits were not equitably distributed. This study provides evidence on...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 537 - 557 |
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