1995
DOI: 10.2307/1061374
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Female Headship, Feminization of Poverty and Welfare

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“…All these variables capture the incentives to work associated with family economic responsibilities. Household formation also signi®cantly a¨ects its poverty status, particularly for women (Kimenyi and Mbaku 1995).…”
Section: Independent Variables: Human Capital/life-cycle Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…All these variables capture the incentives to work associated with family economic responsibilities. Household formation also signi®cantly a¨ects its poverty status, particularly for women (Kimenyi and Mbaku 1995).…”
Section: Independent Variables: Human Capital/life-cycle Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Supplementary or transfer incomes available to individuals act as disincentive to participate in the labor market (Isserman and Rephann 1993). Generous welfare policy also negatively a¨ects household poverty status particularly for women (Kimenyi and Mbaku 1995). However, Mo½tt (1992) in his comprehensive literature review paper concludes that the problem of welfare dependency could not be ascribed to the work disincentive of the welfare program.…”
Section: Independent Variables: Human Capital/life-cycle Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, even with growth remaining poor may be increasingly more difficult to exploit the labor market meaning that the growth elasticity to poverty reduction declines. For a similar argument, see, Kimenyi and Mbaku (1995).…”
Section: The Role Of Inequality On Pro-poor Growthmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…De nombreuses études se sont intéressées à la relation des femmes chefs de ménage avec la pauvreté en Afrique subsaharienne, à l'instar d'autres régions en développement (Appleton, 1996 ;Bentley, 2004 ;Dungumaro, 2008 ;Kebe et Charbit, 2007 ;Kimenyi et Mbaku, 1995 ;Locoh et Ametepe, 2004 ;Mberu, 2007 ;Oginni, Ahonsi et Ukwuije, 2013 ;Rogan 2013). Les résultats de ces études ne montrent pas de régularité dans l'association entre le fait d'avoir une femme à la tête d'un ménage et le risque que ce ménage soit pauvre.…”
Section: Ménage Dirigé Par Une Femme Et Féminisation De La Pauvreté Eunclassified