Mansour, Wael2013-01-042013-01-042012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12091Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a decline in poverty and inequality indicators. Yet, the sentiment of the overall population seems to point to worsening disparities. Using official household expenditure surveys for 2002, 2008, and 2010, this paper analyzes the patterns and determinants of household welfare growth and examines the extent to which economic growth has been inclusive of the more vulnerable groups. Using counterfactual decompositions, the paper dwells first on the dynamics observed behind the drop in poverty and inequality. It then carries out regression analysis using re-centered influence functions to examine the economic determinants of household welfare growth throughout the decade. The paper finds that welfare growth as opposed to welfare distribution was the main driver behind poverty reduction, and that the drop in inequality was primarily driven by a regional catching-up effect. In addition, the analysis identifies rent, access to human capital services, and more importantly employment in the services sector and the public sector as the major determinants of welfare growth in Jordan. Public hiring in particular was used extensively as a tool for poverty alleviation, especially for residents outside the capital.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO SERVICESAGRICULTUREANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEAVERAGE RATEBASE YEARBETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITYCAPITAL ASSETSCASH TRANSFERSCHANGES IN POVERTYCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION LEVELSCONSUMPTION QUINTILESCONSUMPTION RATESCORRUPTIONCOUNTERFACTUALCROWDING OUTDECLINE IN POVERTYDECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGYDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIMINISHING RETURNSDOWNWARD BIASDROP IN POVERTYECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INDICATORSECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC SECTORSECONOMIC SITUATIONECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONEMPIRICAL FINDINGSEMPIRICAL MODELEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT STATUSEQUAL DISTRIBUTIONEQUITABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTIONEXCLUSIONEXPECTED VALUEEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORTSFAMILIESFAMILY SERVICESFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISCAL POLICYFOOD ITEMSGDPGEOGRAPHIC REGIONSGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH COMPONENTGROWTH EFFECTGROWTH MODELGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH RATEHISTORICAL DATAHOUSEHOLD ACCESSHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDSHOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL FORMATIONINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROUPSINCOME SOURCESINCREASED INEQUALITYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY CHANGESINEQUALITY COEFFICIENTINEQUALITY COMPONENTINEQUALITY EFFECTINEQUALITY INDICATORSINEQUALITY LEVELSINEQUALITY MEASURESINEQUALITY TRENDSINTERNATIONAL BANKKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELACK OF ACCESSLORENZ CURVEMEAN CONSUMPTIONMEAN GROWTHMIDDLE CLASSMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESNATIONAL POVERTYNEGATIVE CORRELATIONNEGATIVE SLOPEPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY REVIEWPOORPOOR ECONOMIC GROWTHPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDPOSITIVE COEFFICIENTPOSITIVE GROWTHPOSITIVE IMPACTPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNTPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATESPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY SEVERITYPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERSPURE GROWTHPURE GROWTH EFFECTREAL ESTATEREAL GDPREAL INCOMERECEIPTREDUCED POVERTYREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREGIONAL BASISREGIONAL CHARACTERISTICSREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL DIMENSIONREGIONAL DISCREPANCIESREGIONAL DISPARITIESREGIONAL DISPARITYREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL LEVELSREGIONAL PATTERNREGIONAL POVERTYREGIONAL RESULTSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRENDSREGIONAL WELFAREREGRESSION ANALYSISRESIDUAL COMPONENTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL LEVELRURAL POORRURAL POVERTYRURAL REGIONSRURAL RESIDENTSSAVINGSSCALE EFFECTSCHOOLINGSECTOR EMPLOYMENTSIDE EFFECTSSIGNIFICANCE LEVELUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEURBAN AREASURBAN REGIONSVALUE ADDEDVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGESWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE INDICATORSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6249