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Living Conditions and Basic Needs: Evidence from African Countries
D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Clark, Andrew
2019In South African Journal of Economics, 87, p. 91-109
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Keywords :
Living conditions; Basic needs; Multidimensional poverty; Afrobarometer
Abstract :
[en] We here use five rounds of Afrobarometer data covering more than 100,000 individuals over the 2004-2016 period to explore the link between individual self-reported measures of living conditions and access to four basic needs. We not only consider own access to these needs, but also various indices of their deprivation, satisfaction and inequality. We find some evidence of comparisons to those who are better off and to those who are worse off, in terms of access to basic needs, in the evaluation of current living conditions. Overall, however, subjective living conditions are mostly absolute in African countries. There is notable heterogeneity by level of development, with the effect of lack of access to basic needs being more pronounced in poorer countries. Equally, comparisons to the better-off are associated with better living conditions in poorer countries, suggesting the existence of a tunnel effect: this latter disappears with economic development.
Disciplines :
Social economics
Author, co-author :
D'Ambrosio, Conchita ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Clark, Andrew;  Paris School of Economics, CNRS
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Living Conditions and Basic Needs: Evidence from African Countries
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
South African Journal of Economics
ISSN :
1813-6982
Publisher :
Wiley-Blackwell, United States
Volume :
87
Pages :
91-109
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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