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| Jean Francky Landry Ngono |
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| ''Women's empowerment, self-employment and incomes inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa'' |
| ( 2021, Vol. 41 No.3 ) |
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| Women empowerment, women self-employment and income inequalities are now challenges that characterize Sub-Saharan Africa. This is why in this study we evaluate the effect of women's empowerment on income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1981 and 2017. In particular, we analyze the interactions between women empowerment and women self-employment. The use of the Generalized Method of Moments gives the following main results: (i) Women's empowerment alone is not enough to reduce income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. (ii) For an effective fight against income inequalities, women's empowerment must be accompanied by an increase in women's self-employment. (iii) Increase in women's informal employment tends to exacerbate income inequalities like unemployment. |
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| Keywords: Income inequality, informal sector, self-employment, women's empowerment |
JEL: O2 - Development Planning and Policy: General
C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Apr 13 2021 | | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 17 2021 |
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