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Dynamics and Determinants of Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from a Panel Survey

In: Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa

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  • Chinasa Ikelu

    (University of Nigeria)

  • Onyukwu E. Onyukwu

    (University of Nigeria)

Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamics of poverty in Nigeria across two periods—post—planting and post—harvest seasons. Two poverty levels were used in analyzing the household survey data. The estimated results show that about 82.11 % of the population was categorized as living under US$2/day in the post—planting season and 83.32 % in the post—harvest season. However, 61.93 % of the population was said to be extremely poor during the post—planting season and 62.02 % in the post—harvest season. In actual sense, an increase of 0.09 % in poverty levels was noticed after the first visit for the extremely poor and an increase of 1.21 % in poverty levels was seen after the second visit for the merely poor. The study used the first field visit to represent the post—planting season and the second visit for the post—harvest season. The study also validates low education levels, religion, poor employment status, and marital status as the major determinants of poverty in Nigeria.

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  • Chinasa Ikelu & Onyukwu E. Onyukwu, 2016. "Dynamics and Determinants of Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from a Panel Survey," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Almas Heshmati (ed.), Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa, chapter 0, pages 89-116, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:esichp:978-3-319-30981-1_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30981-1_5
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    1. Muhammad, Fajar & Zelani, Nurfalah & Septiarida, Nonalisa, 2020. "Modeling of Poverty Determinants in Sumatera Island (Panel Regression Approach)," MPRA Paper 105876, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 14 Dec 2020.

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