THE THEORY OF OUTPUT-INCOME MULTIPLIERS WITH CONSUMPTION LINKAGES: AN APPLICATION TO MAURITANI

A regional growth model based on semi-input-output concepts is used to measure the variation in location specific income generation from unit changes in agricultural output. In contrast to previous research which generally focused on the quantitatively smaller interindustrial linkages, this research emphasizes induced income from household consumption expenditure.;Variation in regional income due to variation in regional and household characteristics is empirically estimated using primary data from Mauritania, West Africa. In the United States, agricultural output-income multipliers vary between 1.24 and 1.74 (Sonka and Heady, 1974) while in Mauritania multipliers range from 0.72 to 1.95. Policy implications of the research are based on empirical estimates of the impact of changing household and regional characteristics which influence the multiplier and regional income. The empirical and theoretical consumption research in West Africa is a contribution in an area with few policy models based on micro-level data.