ESTIMATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNANCE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND POVERTY
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to estimate the relationship between governance, economic growth, inequality and poverty for 81 countries for the period 2000-2016. We divided the countries into three groups, low-income countries, lower-middle-income countries and upper-middle-income countries. To answer our research question, we use a structural model with simultaneous equations on Panel data. Our results show that the positive or negative impact of governance on the growth-inequality-poverty triangle changes depending on the dimension of governance taken into account and the sample being studied. Given the negative relationship between inequality and growth, democracy should a second time positively affect economic growth through the reduction of inequalities.
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[3] Adams, R. 2004. Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Estimating the Growth Elasticity of Poverty. World Development, 32(12): 1989–2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.08.006
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[5] Aghion, P., Howitt, P., Brant-Collett, M. and García-Peñalosa, C. 1998. Endogenous growth theory. MIT press.
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[7] Akobeng, E. 2016. Growth and Institutions: A Potential Medicine for the Poor in Sub‐Saharan Africa. African Development Review, 28(1): 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12163
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[47] Romer, P.M. 1986. Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth. Journal of Political Economy, 94: 1002-1037.
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[50] Yogeeswari, et al. 2021. The impact of microfinance on poverty and income inequality in developing countries. Asian Pacific Economic Literature, 35(1): 36-48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12326
[51] Young, A. 2012. The African Growth Miracle. Journal of Political Economy, 120(4): 696–739. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/668501
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2021-06-30
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TOUITOU, Mohammed.
ESTIMATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNANCE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND POVERTY.
Theoretical and Practical Research in Economic Fields, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 1, p. 21-30, june 2021.
ISSN 2068-7710.
Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/tpref/article/view/6218>. Date accessed: 01 may 2024.
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