@article{fdi:010080588,
  title = {'{J}ust out of reach' : examining the link between subjective wealth, aspirations gaps and empowerment in {C}entral {A}frican {R}epublic},
  author = {{R}ougier, {E}. and {G}ondard-{D}elcroix, {C}laire and {B}allet, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {"{W}hat explains the feeling of being disempowered? {T}he literature on aspirations suggests subjectively deprived people may feel disempowered because they consider that any improvement to their lot is simply out of their reach. {T}he present paper provides original and robust evidence that, alongside the well-known objective capabilities related to skills, assets and opportunities, psychological capabilities linked to aspirations also matter. {B}ased on a {C}entral {A}frican household survey and tackling endogeneity issues, we show that: (i) feeling subjectively more deprived decreases the probability of reporting a high level of empowerment, defined as power from within, that is the power to change one's life; (ii) the probability of reporting empowerment decreases with the size of the aspirations gap, defined as the negative gap between one's level of subjective wealth and the locality's mean level; (iii) the capability framework is a relevant one to address the complex links between aspirations and empowerment."},
  keywords = {{E}mpowerment ; subjective wealth ; aspirations gap ; capabilities ; {C}entral {A}frican {R}epublic ; {CENTRAFRICAINE} {REPUBLIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}xford {D}evelopment {S}tudies},
  volume = {49},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {245--260},
  ISSN = {1360-0818},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1080/13600818.2020.1864312},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080588},
}