Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa
In this paper, we analyse the impact of income inequality on Socio-Political Instability (hereinafter SPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2018 with a sample of 47 countries. We first present the theoretical and empirical debate on income inequality and SPI. This literature review allows us to m...
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In this paper, we analyse the impact of income inequality on Socio-Political
Instability (hereinafter SPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2018 with
a sample of 47 countries. We first present the theoretical and empirical debate on income inequality and SPI. This literature review allows us to measure SPI using the principal component analysis method and hierarchical
clustering and partitioning to analyse the similarities and differences between countries from a multidimensional perspective. We then estimate
the SPI concerning income inequality and democracy. The findings are
that assassinations are not linked to a regime’s duration, and the duration
of a regime reduces if coups d’état (successful or not) are rampant. Between democracy and income inequality, the former has 34 times more impact on SPI. GDP growth increases SPI and education reduces SPI.
https://doi.org/10.26493/1854-6935.19.49-72
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7a276815e1d4e0799c0a43a3218b8fb2022-12-22T02:26:47ZengUniversity of PrimorskaManaging Global Transitions1854-69352021-03-01191Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan AfricaJean Michel Roy Oualy0University of Macerata, Italy In this paper, we analyse the impact of income inequality on Socio-Political Instability (hereinafter SPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2018 with a sample of 47 countries. We first present the theoretical and empirical debate on income inequality and SPI. This literature review allows us to measure SPI using the principal component analysis method and hierarchical clustering and partitioning to analyse the similarities and differences between countries from a multidimensional perspective. We then estimate the SPI concerning income inequality and democracy. The findings are that assassinations are not linked to a regime’s duration, and the duration of a regime reduces if coups d’état (successful or not) are rampant. Between democracy and income inequality, the former has 34 times more impact on SPI. GDP growth increases SPI and education reduces SPI. https://doi.org/10.26493/1854-6935.19.49-72 https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/view/5income inequalitydemocracysocio-political instabilitypolitical regimeSub-Saharan African countries |
| spellingShingle | Jean Michel Roy Oualy Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa Managing Global Transitions income inequality democracy socio-political instability political regime Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title | Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Income Inequality and Socio-Political Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | income inequality and socio political instability in sub saharan africa |
| topic | income inequality democracy socio-political instability political regime Sub-Saharan African countries |
| url | https://ojs.upr.si/index.php/fm/article/view/5 |
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