* long-term large shadow economy significantly increases income inequality
* people who fail to get into formal economy face fewer livelihood opportunities, using 'shadow economy' as means of survival
### [x] Esaku2021a
* looks at effects of income inequality on shadow economy (short-/long-run) 1991-2017
* increase in income inequality significantly increases size of shadow economy, both short- and long-run
* large subsistence sector creates revenue tax shortfall, undermining government's efforts to attain equitable income distribution in economy and prevent creation of social safety nets for poor
* poor will be forced to operate in informal sector
### [x] Atamanov2022
* looks at Uganda inequality and poverty
* poverty:
* share of people below poverty line fluctuated but at level of 12/13 - ~30% (19/20)
* fluctuations driven largely by rural households: surge in poverty 2012/13 and 16/17 (linked to drought 16/17)
* improvement 19/20 (prior to pandemic, favorable weather cond)
* pandemic pushed both urban and rural residents into poverty
* drivers/patterns remain largely unchanged:
* low-productivity agriculture (prod increase 17 due to weather not production practices)
* slow structural change negatively affected by COVID, many ppl returned to agriculture following job losses/small business closure
* working in agriculture and lack of education strongest predictors of high poverty
* poverty rate in HHs with uneducated heads ~48% (19/20) (17% of all heads); with heads primary education 25.% (also 17% of all)
* education level differences also one of biggest endowment factors accounting for urban-rural consumption gap
* inequality:
* largely unchanged between 12/13-19/20
* shift out of agricultural sector mainly taking place amongst men, older individuals, those with at least some level of formal education, those from more well-off households
* HHs income generation strategies impacted by resilience capabilities as reported frequency of extreme weather shocks increased
* water access
* general access to improved drinking water 87% urban, 74% rural (19/20);
with only small amounts of inequality (75/74 rural poor/nonpoor; 76/90 poor/nonpoor)
* but very little access to improved sanitation 39% urban, 25% urban; 19% rural poor, 29% nonpoor; 22% urban poor, 43% urban nonpoor