Income Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in Nigeria: a Vector Autoregressive Approach
| dc.contributor.author | Akinbobola, T.O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saibu, O.M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-13T14:37:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-13T14:37:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description | Scholarly articles | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The main features of poverty are low levels of consumption and income, a fact-of-life in most African countries. This paper analyzes the fundamental trends of per capita income, government capital expenditure, the human development index, and the rate of unemployment in the Nigeria. A vector autoregressive model finds that: A reduced unemployment rate improves human development and consequently reduces poverty. As growth in public capital expenditure rises, unemployment falls and the human development index improves. Therefore, infrastructure-based policies, which initially reduce unemployment, will also improve the living conditions of Nigerians in the end. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Akinbobola T.O & Saibu M.O (2004) “Income Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty in Nigeria: A Vector autoregressive model approach” Journal of Policy Reforms Vol 7, No. 3 pp.175- 183 USA | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10318 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Policy Reforms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poverty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Unemployment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Standard of Living | en_US |
| dc.subject | Income inequality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES | en_US |
| dc.title | Income Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in Nigeria: a Vector Autoregressive Approach | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |