@article{ref1,
title="Ethnicity and Economic Well-Being: The Case of Ghana",
journal="Social indicators research",
year="2010",
author="Addai, Isaac and Pokimica, Jelena",
volume="99",
number="3",
pages="487-510",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0303-8300",
doi="10.1007/s11205-010-9595-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9595-6"
}