TY - JOUR
T1 - Impacts of tourism on income inequality in Fiji
T2 - a quantile-on-quantile investigation
AU - Das, Narasingha
AU - Gangopadhyay, Partha
AU - Işık, Cem
AU - Janjua, Laeeq Razzak
AU - Ongan, Serdar
AU - Rehman, Abdul
AU - Tillaguango, Brayan
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - We examine the relationship between income inequality and tourism earnings in Fiji between 1980 and 2020 using the multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression (QQR) methodology. Unlike traditional approaches, the QQR methodology provides a comprehensive and detailed estimate of the dependency structure between inequality and tourism earnings. To strengthen the reliability of our findings, we include control variables such as per capita GDP, FDI-GDP ratio, real exchange rate, and trade openness. Our analysis reveals a complex and unstable relationship between income inequality and tourism earnings in Fiji. We establish that tourism earnings have a direct positive relationship with income inequality in several quantiles of inequality and tourism earnings for this country. However, we find an inverse relationship between tourism earnings and inequality in other quantiles. Similar asymmetries are detected in the relationships between inequality and the control variables.
AB - We examine the relationship between income inequality and tourism earnings in Fiji between 1980 and 2020 using the multivariate quantile-on-quantile regression (QQR) methodology. Unlike traditional approaches, the QQR methodology provides a comprehensive and detailed estimate of the dependency structure between inequality and tourism earnings. To strengthen the reliability of our findings, we include control variables such as per capita GDP, FDI-GDP ratio, real exchange rate, and trade openness. Our analysis reveals a complex and unstable relationship between income inequality and tourism earnings in Fiji. We establish that tourism earnings have a direct positive relationship with income inequality in several quantiles of inequality and tourism earnings for this country. However, we find an inverse relationship between tourism earnings and inequality in other quantiles. Similar asymmetries are detected in the relationships between inequality and the control variables.
KW - Fiji’s economy
KW - Income inequality
KW - Quantile-on-quantile regression
KW - Tourism earnings
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U2 - 10.1007/s10668-024-05864-z
DO - 10.1007/s10668-024-05864-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85212970701
SN - 1387-585X
JO - Environment, Development and Sustainability
JF - Environment, Development and Sustainability
ER -
