2023
DOI: 10.1108/ijdi-11-2022-0248
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Income inequality, shadow economy and environmental degradation in Africa: quantile regression via moment’s approach

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this examine the impact of income inequality and shadow economy on environmental degradation given the growing income inequality, shadow economy and ecological degradation in developing countries. Thus, this study is motivated to offer empirical insight into how income inequality and shadow economy influence the environment in African countries. Design/methodology/approach Data from 29 countries in Africa between 2000 and 2017 were used, while the novel method of moments quantile regre… Show more

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“…Data for this study are extracted from four primary sources – the Global Footprint Network, the World Development Indicators (WDI), the International Monetary Fund and the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). In line with recent studies in environmental literature, environmental degradation is a proxy by ecological footprint (Dada et al ., 2022a, b, c; Ahmed et al ., 2022), and it is measured as ecological footprint per capita. Ecological footprint provides a comprehensive way of measuring environmental degradation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Data for this study are extracted from four primary sources – the Global Footprint Network, the World Development Indicators (WDI), the International Monetary Fund and the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). In line with recent studies in environmental literature, environmental degradation is a proxy by ecological footprint (Dada et al ., 2022a, b, c; Ahmed et al ., 2022), and it is measured as ecological footprint per capita. Ecological footprint provides a comprehensive way of measuring environmental degradation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%