Ethnicity and Economic Well-Being: The Case of Ghana

Autor/inn/en	Addai, Isaac; Pokimica, Jelena
Titel	Ethnicity and Economic Well-Being: The Case of Ghana
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 99 (2010) 3, S.487-510 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9595-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethnicity; Social Indicators; Economic Change; Economic Development; Developing Nations; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Economic Factors; Sociocultural Patterns; Socioeconomic Influences; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Public Policy; Well Being; Administrative Organization; Rural Urban Differences; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethnizität; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Ökonomischer Wandel; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Soziometrie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	In the context of decades of successful economic reforms in Ghana, this study investigates whether ethnicity influences economic well-being (perceived and actual) among Ghanaians at the micro-level. Drawing on Afro-barometer 2008 data, the authors employs logistic and multiple regression techniques to explore the relative effect of ethnicity on economic well-being. Results demonstrate that ethnicity is an important determinant of both measures of people's economic well-being (perceived and actual) in Ghana. Ethnicity tends to have both negative and positive effect on economic well-being among different ethnic groups and different sub-sample. For instance, for three ethnic groups (Akans, Ga-Adangbes and Ewe/Anglo), ethnicity predicts lower level of economic well-being for rural residents, whereas for Akans, it minimizes the risk of deprivation in the urban setting. Findings from this study do not support the idea that ethnicity may be less relevant in shaping people's well-being in an era of economic reforms in a society like that of Ghana. Detailed policy implications of the study are discussed emphasizing the need to develop ethnic-specific development programs to complement the on-going reforms as part of the country's decentralization efforts. (As Provided).
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