Taiwan's economic inequality and distribution: Empirical analysis using Family Income and Expenditure Surveys

• Autores: Yinshi Lii, Choon-Geol Moon
• Localización: Journal of economic research, ISSN 1226-4261, Vol. 21, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 67-115
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Two primary objectives of this paper are to trace the temporal evolution of Taiwan's economic inequality and distribution for the period of 1976-2011 based on Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients of income, expenditure and pseudo-saving obtained from Taiwan's Family Income and Expenditure Surveys, and to study drivers of economic inequality and distribution over the period of 1981-2011 using econometric analysis suitable for aggregate and disaggregate quintile-group measures based on shares and levels