Changes in spatial income inequality in the Philippines: An exploratory analysis

Arbeitspapier

The purpose of this paper is to establish some basic facts about income inequality in the Philippines, with a special focus on the importance of spatial income inequality. Despite major fluctuations in macroeconomic performances, income inequality remained relatively stable during the years 1985-2000. Spatial inequality accounts for a sizable but not overwhelming portion of the national-level income inequality, and the relative importance of spatial inequality was declining over time. We also find that mean income levels across provinces were converging at a much faster rate than those observed in currently developed countries.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN: 9291906212

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2004/34

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; General Aggregative Models: Neoclassical ; Economic Development: General ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Thema: income inequality ; spatial inequality ; inequality decomposition ; convergence ; neoclassical growth model ; Philippines ; Regionale Einkommensverteilung ; Entwicklungskonvergenz ; Philippinen

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Balisacan, Arsenio M. ; Fuwa, Nobuhiko
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63286
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ