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Poverty and Expenditure Pattern of Households in Pakistan and South Africa: A Comparative Study

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posted on 2023-05-16, 12:34 authored by Ray, R
This paper compares the poverty rates of male- and female-headed households in Pakistan and, also, in South Africa. In finds that in South Africa, female-headed households are unconditionally poorer than the others. In Pakistan, however, this result holds only in the presence of economies of household size and adult/child consumption relativities, not in the per capita case. The study estimates equivalence scales in the presence of non-linearities in the functional form, and provides evidence of significant economies of household size in both countries. The paper proposes an alternative test of gender bias in the intrahousehold allocation of resources, and applies it to the Pakistan and South African data sets. The results point to some interesting dissimilarities between the Pakistani and South African evidence. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

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Publication title

Journal of International Development

Volume

12

Pagination

241-256

ISSN

0954-1748

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Place of publication

West Sussex, United Kingdom

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  • Restricted

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