Panel evidence on the impact of tourism growth on poverty, poverty gap and income inequality

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 253-264

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a   Suardi, Sandy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; headcount poverty; poverty gap; tourism growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 85029539631     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1375901     Document Type: Article

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