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Rental Regulation and its Consequences on Measures of Well-Being in the Arab Republic of Egypt

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dc.contributor.authorLara Ibarra, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorMendiratta, Vibhuti
dc.contributor.authorVishwanath, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T20:07:20Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T20:07:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractThe paper delves into the implications of a failure to account for rental regulation in the measurement of households' welfare, poverty, and inequality when using household surveys. Exploiting previously unavailable data for the Egyptian case, the paper illustrates the long-lasting distortions in the rental market that the 1977 rental law has created. The paper finds evidence that earlier studies may have substantially underestimated households’ welfare in urban areas and overestimated urban poverty. National poverty rates show smaller corrections, as poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon in the Arab Republic of Egypt. An appropriate measure of welfare also led to downward corrections in inequality in urban Egypt, while increasing the inequality across regions. These effects counterbalance each other and nationwide inequality estimates are affected only slightly.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/224491500557651807/Rental-regulation-and-its-consequences-on-measures-of-well-being-in-the-Arab-Republic-of-Egypt
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8152
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27959
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8152
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectWELL-BEING
dc.subjectWELFARE DYNAMICS
dc.subjectRENTAL REGULATION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSING
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.titleRental Regulation and its Consequences on Measures of Well-Being in the Arab Republic of Egypten
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okr.crossref.titleRental Regulation and Its Consequences on Measures of Well-Being in the Arab Republic of Egypt
okr.date.disclosure2017-07-20
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/224491500557651807/Rental-regulation-and-its-consequences-on-measures-of-well-being-in-the-Arab-Republic-of-Egypt
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryEgypt, Arab Republic of
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Housing
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice Group
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