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Rural-Urban Inequality in Africa: A Panel Study on the Effects of Trade Liberalization and Financial Depending

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  • Mina Baliamoune-Lutz

    (University of North Florida)

  • Stefan H. Lutz

    (University of Manchester)

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Using panel data from 39 countries, this paper examines the effects of financial deepening and openness to trade and foreign capital (FDI) on rural-urban inequality in Africa. Four estimations were performed: OLS pooled cross-section, GLS pooled cross-section, fixed effects model and an adjusted fixed effects specification with regional dummy terms. We construct an alternative measure of rural-urban inequality, namely the ratio of growth in agricultural output to growth of manufacturing output. Overall, the econometric results show that openness to trade seems to help reduce rural-urban inequality. However, the empirical evidence does not unambiguously delineate the nature and significance of the impact FDI and financial deepening have on the rural-urban gap. The findings imply that there may be some support for the so-called offsetting-trend in inequality (OTI) hypothesis.

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  • Mina Baliamoune-Lutz & Stefan H. Lutz, 2005. "Rural-Urban Inequality in Africa: A Panel Study on the Effects of Trade Liberalization and Financial Depending," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), vol. 7(1), pages 1-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:afe:journl:v:7:y:2005:i:1:p:1-19
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    1. Kazeem B. Ajide & Olorunfemi Y. Alimi & Simplice A. Asongu, 2019. "Ethnic Diversity and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Institutions Reduce the Noise?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 145(3), pages 1033-1062, October.
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    8. Madhu Sehrawat & A. Giri, 2016. "Financial development, poverty and rural-urban income inequality: evidence from South Asian countries," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 50(2), pages 577-590, March.

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