Who are the Poor in Malaysia? Sensitivity to Measurement of Income,

Abstract

Income inequality and ethnic differences in income are important political issues in Malaysia. This paper uses 1976-77 data on over 1000 households in Peninsular Malaysia to show that estimates of the extent of income inequality and of the relative incidence of poverty are sensitive to several dimensions of income measurement. For example, when the definition of income is broadened to include nonmarket sources of well-being, inequality falls and the relative position of rural Malays improves. However, standardizing to remove variations in hours of work increases estimates of the proportion of rural Malays who are poor. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA116872

Entities

People

  • Julie Davanzo
  • Michael W. Kusnic

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Commerce
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Science
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Production
  • Regression Analysis
  • Rural Areas
  • Sensitivity
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Urban Areas

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