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The decomposition of income inequality by sources of income: the rural Nigerian experience

The study examines income inequality by sources of income in Nigeria. A standard Gini decomposition method was applied on a nationally representative data to examine the differential impact of various types of income sources - including non-farm income - on inequality in rural Nigeria. The results revealed that agriculture accounts for the largest share of the total inequality, followed by wage income sources and self-employment contributes the least. It is evident that agriculture is inequality increasing, while wage and household self employments are inequality decreasing. African Journal of…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	African Journal of Economic Policy
Date	2006-07-19
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.4314/ajep.v11i1.24257
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Record ID	`openalex:W2036765927`

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The decomposition of income inequality by sources of income: the rural Nigerian experience. OpenAlex research, 2006. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2036765927.