Income inequality and development in Malaysia
This study is to examine the relationship between income inequality and development across Malaysian states by using yearly data which cover the period ranging from 1984 to 2012. A panel analysis is used to run the estimation in 13 of Malaysian states. The methodologies that have been employed in th...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12315/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12315/1/Vivien.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12315/4/Vivien%20full.pdf |
| Summary: | This study is to examine the relationship between income inequality and development across Malaysian states by using yearly data which cover the period ranging from 1984 to 2012. A panel analysis is used to run the estimation in 13 of Malaysian states. The methodologies that have been employed in this study included Breusch-Pagan Lagrange Multiplier Test, Hausman specification test and panel
regression. A scattered graph between GDP per capita and GINI coefficient will be plotted to test the existence of Kuznets inverted-U curve hypothesis. The empirical
findings show the existence of Kuznets inverted-U curve in seven out of thirteen of Malaysian states. There is a negative relationship between income inequality and
development in Malaysia. |
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