Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunity in Tanzania

Zeufack, Albert G.; Hassine, Nadia Belhaj; Zeufack, Albert

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-7260

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Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunity in Tanzania

collection.link.5	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	Zeufack, Albert G.
dc.contributor.author	Hassine, Nadia Belhaj
dc.contributor.author	Zeufack, Albert
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-02T16:03:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-02T16:03:45Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:04:06Z
dc.description.abstract	The paper investigates the structure and dynamics of consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity in Tanzania. The analysis covers the period 2001 to 2012. It reveals moderate and declining levels of consumption inequality at the national level, but increasing inequalities between geographic regions. Spatial inequalities are mainly driven by the disparities of households’ characteristics and endowments across geographic locations. An important part of these endowments results from intergenerational transmission of parental background. Father’s education appears as the most important background variable affecting consumption and income in Tanzania. Without appropriate policy actions, there are few chances for the next generations to spring out of the poverty and inequality lived by their parents, engendering risks of poverty and inequality traps in the country.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24467577/inequality-outcomes-inequality-opportunity-tanzania
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21992
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7260
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	RISKS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	INCOME SHARE
dc.subject	IMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL INEQUALITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	GROUP INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INCOME VARIABLES
dc.subject	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ILLITERACY
dc.subject	CUMULATIVE POPULATION
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	REGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	INEQUALITY INDEX
dc.subject	COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject	ECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MEAN LOG DEVIATION
dc.subject	EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	AVERAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject	RURAL POOR
dc.subject	MEASURES
dc.subject	RURAL SECTORS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POLICY MEASURES
dc.subject	RURAL DWELLERS
dc.subject	EARNINGS INEQUALITY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	INEQUALITY LEVELS
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED AREAS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject	RURAL INCOME
dc.subject	DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subject	TRANSFERS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject	POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	QUANTILE REGRESSIONS
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subject	PRODUCT
dc.subject	POOR GROWTH
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subject	INCOME DISPARITIES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FACTORS
dc.subject	RURAL GAP
dc.subject	INCOME DATA
dc.subject	DECOMPOSITION RESULTS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL COUNTERPARTS
dc.subject	INEQUALITY ESTIMATES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	POPULATION SHARE
dc.subject	GROWTH PROSPECTS
dc.subject	RURAL LEVEL
dc.subject	RURAL FAMILY
dc.subject	MACROECONOMICS
dc.subject	REGRESSION RESULTS
dc.subject	GROWING ECONOMY
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	INCOMES
dc.subject	INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	INCREASING INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	MIDDLE CLASS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject	ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject	RURAL MARKETS
dc.subject	MEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	POLICY PERSPECTIVE
dc.subject	IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subject	POPULATION COMPOSITION
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subject	DATA SETS
dc.subject	TARGETING
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	IRRIGATION
dc.subject	INCOME SHARES
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	GINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	EXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subject	POPULATION SUB-GROUPS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	MEASURING INEQUALITY
dc.subject	LINEAR REGRESSION
dc.subject	RURAL WELFARE
dc.subject	HIGH-INEQUALITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	GROWTH PROCESS
dc.subject	POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	SECTOR EMPLOYEES
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.title	Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunity in Tanzania	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
okr.date.disclosure	2015-05-11
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24467577/inequality-outcomes-inequality-opportunity-tanzania
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-7260
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	24467577
okr.identifier.report	WPS7260
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/05/11/090224b082e65d94/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Inequality0of00ortunity0in0Tanzania.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Tanzania
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Regional Economic Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Equity and Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.unit	Poverty Global Practice Group and the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice Group

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