Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia: Measurement and Decomposition
Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia: Measurement and Decomposition
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马来西亚的不平等和贫困：测量和分解
DOI：
10.2307/3323970
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发表时间：
1983
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通讯作者：
S. Anand
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作者：
S. Anand
本报告通过追踪马来西亚种族多元化的发展和重要性，对马来西亚进行了展望。这种多元主义导致政府对种族收入、分配以及更普遍的种族经济差距表示特别关注。本研究中使用的收入分配数据是通过1970年的人口普查后调查收集的。比较表明，公共服务支出调查是迄今为止马来西亚家庭和个人收入数据的最佳来源。公共服务经济学家庭收入分配的广泛特征表明，马来西亚的总体不平等程度相当高。个人收入分配显示出种族群体内部的巨大不平等。这表明，种族收入差距可能只是该国更广泛的收入不平等问题的一部分。在马来西亚的贫困概况构建，确定贫困的社会经济变量，如种族，位置，就业状况，职业和教育。这些资料不仅有助于更好地了解贫穷的相关因素和情况，而且有助于确定政府为消除贫穷而进行干预的领域。报告的结论是，如果没有关于马来西亚个人物质财富分配的数据，按就业状况分列的个人收入分配确实有助于了解资本资产的分配情况。
This report gives a perspective on Malaysia, by tracing the development and importance of ethnic pluralism in the country. This pluralism has led the government to show special concern for racial income, distribution and, more generally, for racial economic disparities. The income distribution data used in this study were collected through the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) of 1970. A comparison shows that the PES is the best source of income data to date on household and individual incomes in Malaysia. The broad features of the PES household income distribution show overall inequality in Malaysia to be fairly high. The individual income distributions show large inequalities within the racial groups. These suggest that racial income disparities may be only part of a much wider problem of income inequality in the country. A profile of poverty in Malaysia is constructed, which identifies the poor in terms of socioeconomic variables such as race, location, employment status, occupation, and education. Such information is useful not only in understanding better the correlates and circumstances of poverty, but also in identifying areas of government intervention for the redress of poverty. The reports concludes if there are no data on the distribution of physical wealth among individuals in Malaysia, the breakdown of the personal income distribution by employment status does shed some light on the distribution of capital assets.