Towards a better measure of income inequality in Indonesia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8416222
AutoresKunta Nugraha (University of Canberra), Phil Lewis (0000-0003-3485-7363, University of Canberra)
Año2013
Volumen49
Número1
Páginas103-112
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918.2013.772941
OpenAlexW2159363443
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas13

Indonesia has experienced significant economic growth in recent years (on average, 5% in 2000--08), but many people are still living in poverty. Income inequality, as measured by the official Gini coefficient, has also increased. This paper evaluates household income and income inequality in Indonesia, assessing both market and non-market income to reach a more accurate measure of how actual income affects living standards. We find that if household income considers non-market income, income distribution is significantly more balanced, the coefficient of income inequality falls from 0.41 to 0.21 and the income share of the population's poorest deciles increases more than fivefold. The results suggest that market income alone is a misleading measure of income distribution in Indonesia

Demographic economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Income distribution · Income inequality metrics · Inequality · Measure (data warehouse) · Public economics · Computer Science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics

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