abstract: 'This paper analyses the effect of export diversification on income

  inequality in Central Africa through the employment channel. The sample

  consists of 9 countries over the period 2000-2019. A quadratic

  regression is applied to a panel data model using the random effect and

  the two stages least squares methods. The results show that export

  diversification increases income inequality in Central Africa. However,

  this effect is non-linear with the form of an inverted U. Increasing the

  number of wage workers reduces the marginal effect of export

  diversification on income inequality while increasing the number of

  unpaid workers increases this effect. Moreover, diversification is less

  likely to reduce income inequality when it increases male employment

  than when it increases female employment. The effect of diversification

  on income inequality remains non-linear in an inverted U-shape for CEMAC

  countries'' members (CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central

  African States) and oil-producing countries, while it is non-linear in a

  U-shape for non-CEMAC countries and non-oil-producing countries. We

  recommend that Central African countries promote the diversification of

  exports while encouraging new productive activities to generate more

  paid jobs and to favor female employment.'
affiliation: 'Tsomb, EIBT (Corresponding Author), Univ Douala, Douala, Cameroon.

  Tchitchoua, Jean, Univ Yaounde II, Soa, Cameroon.

  Tsomb Tsomb, Etienne Inedit Blaise; Madomo, Johny, Univ Douala, Douala, Cameroon.'
author: Tchitchoua, Jean and Tsomb Tsomb, Etienne Inedit Blaise and Madomo, Johny
author-email: ineditblaise@yahoo.com
author_list:
- family: Tchitchoua
  given: Jean
- family: Tsomb Tsomb
  given: Etienne Inedit Blaise
- family: Madomo
  given: Johny
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/09638199.2023.2203785
earlyaccessdate: APR 2023
eissn: 1469-9559
files: []
issn: 0963-8199
journal: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE \& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
keywords: Export diversification; income inequality; employment; Central Africa
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET ADJUSTMENT; REAL EXCHANGE-RATE; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; TRADE

  LIBERALIZATION; POLICY; CHINA; ASIA; FDI'
language: English
month: 2023 APR 26
number-of-cited-references: '80'
papis_id: ce217d5d57a1dd64fcaf676cdae6fbad
ref: Tchitchoua2023exportdiversificatio
researcherid-numbers: Étienne Inédit Blaise, Tsomb Tsomb/GPP-1023-2022
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Export diversification and income inequality in Central Africa: An analysis
  of the employment channel'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000977009600001
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usage-count-since-2013: '0'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2023'