Income Distribution in Tanzania: An Analysis of Trends

By using the Gini coefficient, the study first measures the degree of household income inequality in Tanzania and demonstrates that inequality rose between 1969 and 1976/7. Second, the study attempts to explain changes in the level of income inequality in Tanzania. It is shown that urban household income inequality was higher with property income than without. Moreover, urban household income inequality rose faster over time with property income than without. In the rural areas, partly due to the small proportion of property owners and also due to the inability of this group to earn significantly higher incomes than the rest of the rural population, the impact of property income to household income distribution was fairly minimal.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Semboja, Joseph Josaphat

• Business Administration, General

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8410044

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70744