Determinants of Monetary Poverty Among Female-Headed Households in Benin

Attanasso, Marie Odile

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3173241

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“…The contribution of the analysis in this paper is the characterization of the profile of the poor and the persistently poor households in Benin. The analysis updates and complements several previous studies on the determinants of poverty in Benin, such as Ahoyo (2000), Adegbidi and Gandonou (2003), Attanasso (2005) among others. Unlike these previous studies, it uses the most recent household data available and includes an analysis on the persistence and the dynamics of poverty.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…A female headed household, living in rural area and not alphabetized is more like likely to be poor. This result, consistently found in the literature, has been the basis for a large strand of the literature on the poverty analysis of female-headed household and the increasing policy support for empowering women (Appleton, 1996;Attanasso, 2005). Female-headed households are a vulnerable group in the society (Barros et al, 1997), especially in a developing where there are important gender inequalities in access to education, employment, health, credit and land (PNUD, 1998).…”

Section: Poverty and Persistence Of Povertymentioning

confidence: 81%

“…This result has been largely found in the literature and is not specific to Benin (Hoynes et al, 2006). In the context of Benin, previous studies by Ahoyo (2000), Adegbidi and Gandonou (2003), Attanasso (2005) and various survey reports produced by INSAE have found strong correlations between households' socio-demographic and economics characteristics and the probability of being poor. A female headed household, living in rural area and not alphabetized is more like likely to be poor.…”

Section: Poverty and Persistence Of Povertymentioning

confidence: 85%

“…This study follows the monetary approach and uses household expenditures per equivalent adult as a proxy for living standards (Deaton and Grosh, 2000). This choice emanates from the argument that consumption is often more consistent than income and more accurately reported (Attanasso, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

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On poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin

Alia

Alia²,

Fiamohe

2016

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin using a longitudinal data for the years 2006-2011. The paper also seeks to understand the dynamic of poverty and what factors explain households’ mobility across poverty status over time. Design/methodology/approach To answer the research questions, the paper develops and estimates logit and probit models of poverty. In addition to households’ characteristics as explanatory variables, the models control for the previous years’ poverty status to test for the hypothesis of persistence in poverty. Next, the paper extends the analysis to compute poverty transition matrix and estimates a multinomial models of the determinants of these transitions. Findings The paper finds that households’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics are strongly correlated with their poverty status. It also finds a strong evidence of persistence of poverty: being poor in a year increases the likelihood of remaining poor in the following years. The analysis of the dynamic of poverty reveals that there is a large and rapid change in poverty with households moving in and out of poverty. Across all models, it appears that human capital accumulation through education and labor skills are the strongest forces lifting households out of poverty and persistence of poverty. Practical implications Taken together, the results suggest that public policies should not only seek to lift households out of poverty, but also seek to reduce re-entries into poverty by investing in education and improving employment skills. Originality/value A key contribution of the study is the characterization of the profile of poor and persistently poor households in Benin, and the analysis of the factors explaining the dynamic of poverty. It updates and complements previous studies on poverty in Benin using the most recent nationally representative longitudinal data. The findings stress the crucial importance of human capital as a key force to lift households out of poverty.

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confidence: 68%

Section: Poverty and Persistence Of Povertymentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Poverty and Persistence Of Povertymentioning

confidence: 85%

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Alia²,

Fiamohe

2016

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“…In all the gender-groups, an additional member of the household would increase the log-likelihood of being poor by 0.04 units. Thus, large households mount pressure on their respective resources thereby lowering the per capita expenditure and increasing the poverty status for the households (Attanasso, 2005; Anyanwu, 2010; Javed and Asif, 2011). Similarly, being married was positively related to being poor amongst men-led and those with transiting household heads.…”

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Poverty status of rural households in Nigeria: a gendered perspective

Oyewunmi

Obayelu

2022

IJSE

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PurposePoverty is endemic in rural Nigeria and gender disparity in access to productive resources is a major cause of poverty in the area. Poverty status of rural households along gender line was, therefore, investigated in this study.Design/methodology/approachPanel data from 2010/2011 (wave 1) and 2015/2016 (wave 3) of the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) for Nigeria were used for the study. Data were analysed using Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices and binomial panel logistic model.FindingsPoverty measures for women-led households in farming activities were 58.5, 27.8 and 17.1%; men-led farming households had 59.8, 27.4 and 16.3% gender-neutral had 56.8%, 27 and 16.9% in the first panel. Poverty indices increased in the women-led and men-led farming households in the second panel. Poverty incidence was higher amongst farming households than the non-farming counterparts. Correlates of poverty status differ amongst the gender-groups were household size, farming, tertiary education, access to credit and geographical locations.Originality/valueGender disparity is perceived in this study along the line of differences in gender composition of rural households. A gender-blind approach to poverty alleviation programmes likely will not enhance reduced poverty in rural Nigeria. Closing the gender poverty gap will ensure achievement of the first sustainable development goal of poverty eradication.

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Determinants of Monetary Poverty Among Female-Headed Households in Benin

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On poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin

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Poverty status of rural households in Nigeria: a gendered perspective

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