Sources of Income Inequality in Rural Pakistan: A Decomposition Analysis.

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Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 1992
Volume: 54
Issue: 4
Pages: 591-608

Authors (2)

Adams, Richard H, Jr (not in RePEc) Alderman, Harold (International Food Policy Rese...)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper uses three-year panel data to identify the sources of income inequality in rural Pakistan. The paper first decomposes total rural income among five sources: agricultural, livestock, rental, nonfarm, and transfer. This decomposition shows that agricultural income makes the largest contribution to total rural inequality. The study then decomposes the sources of agricultural income inequality in order to understand how much of agricultural inequality is due to unequal landownership. The results show that returns to labor and crop profit make as large a contribution to agricultural income inequality as unequal landownership. Copyright 1992 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:54:y:1992:i:4:p:591-608
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24