IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/rdevec/v4y2000i3p326-339.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Income Distribution and Dualism: The Case of Kenya

Author

Listed:
  • Mwangi wa Gîthînji

Abstract

Development economics has been dominated by the use of dualistic models of the economy. This study investigates whether the stylized facts that emanate from models, such as those of Sir Arthur Lewis and Harris and Todaro, arerelevant in examining issues of income distribution. Based on an examination of Kenyan household data, estimates of the distribution are compared with the stylized facts and past estimates. It is found that while the focus onrural–urban differences that arises from the dualistic models is justifiable, this concern with the spatial duality has led to the neglect of intrasectorial inequality, particularly rural inequality.

Suggested Citation

  • Mwangi wa Gîthînji, 2000. "Income Distribution and Dualism: The Case of Kenya," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(3), pages 326-339, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:4:y:2000:i:3:p:326-339
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00098
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9361.00098
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1467-9361.00098?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Bedasso, Biniam, 2012. "Lords of Uhuru: the political economy of elite competition and institutional change in post-independence Kenya," MERIT Working Papers 2012-042, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:4:y:2000:i:3:p:326-339. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1363-6669 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.