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Regional Income Differences and the Definition of Income: The Case of Malaysia

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  • Julie DaVanzo

    (The Rand Corporation, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90406 USA)

  • Michael Kusnic

    (General Motors Corporation, 485 West Milwaukee, Detroit, Michigan 48202 USA)

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Data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey are used to examine the sensitivity of urban/rural income differentials to the definition and measurement of income. Measured income differentials vary with the extent to which nonmarket activities are included in the scope of income, how the distribution of income is summarized, and whether one adjusts for differences in hours of work, household size and composition, ethnic composition, and other sociodemographic characteristics. For example, depending on the measure chosen, estimates of the amount by which urban income exceeds rural income in Malaysia range from 9 percent to 141 percent.

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  • Julie DaVanzo & Michael Kusnic, 1984. "Regional Income Differences and the Definition of Income: The Case of Malaysia," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 9(1), pages 59-73, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:9:y:1984:i:1:p:59-73
    DOI: 10.1177/016001768400900103
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    1. Snodgrass, Donald R, 1974. "The Fiscal System as an Income Redistributor in West Malaysia," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 29(1), pages 56-76.
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