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Income Distribution and Inequality in Lesotho: The Case of Lorenz-Crossing

Botswana Journal of Economics

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Title Income Distribution and Inequality in Lesotho: The Case of Lorenz-Crossing
 
Creator Mohanoe- Mochebelele, M
Letete, M
Raleting, M
 
Subject Lesotho
Income Inequality
Lorenz Curve
Gini Coefficient
and Lorenz-Crossing
 
Description This paper analyses the income inequality in Lesotho districts using Household Budget Surveys of 1994/95 and 2002/03. Lorenz curves are used to measure the degree of income inequality in each district. The results show that the income inequality declined in most districts between the two survey periods except in Butha-Buthe where it remained constant. Despite these declining trends inequality remains relatively high in comparison to international standards. In the Lorenz ordering, the phenomenon of Lorenz crossing is revealed.

Keywords: Lesotho, Income Inequality, Lorenz Curve, Gini Coefficient, and Lorenz-Crossing
 
Publisher The Botswana Economics Association
 
Date 2010-09-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/boje/article/view/60207
10.4314/boje.v6i10.60207
 
Source Botswana Journal of Economics; Vol. 6 No. 10 (2009); 34-49
1810-0163
1810-0163
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/boje/article/view/60207/48454