Marketable Wealth in a Poor African Country : Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana
Booysen, Frikkie, Burger, Ronelle, van der Berg, Servaas and von Maltitz, Michael (2006). Marketable Wealth in a Poor African Country : Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana. UNU-WIDER.
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Sub-type Research paper Author Booysen, Frikkie
Burger, Ronelle
van der Berg, Servaas
von Maltitz, MichaelTitle Marketable Wealth in a Poor African Country : Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana Volume/Issue No. 2006/138 Publication Date 2006 Place of Publication Helsinki Publisher UNU-WIDER Pages 40 Language eng Abstract The study uses an asset index of consumer durables to track changes in household wealth in Ghana during the recent period of strong growth. Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 1998 that contains both wealth data and consumer durable data, the autho
UNU Topics of Focus Economic development Keyword Durable goods
Consumer
Economic development
Economic aspects (households)
Index numbers (economics)
WealthCopyright Holder UNU-WIDER Copyright Year 2006 Copyright type Fair use permitted ISSN 18102611 ISBN 9789291909223 -
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