Measuring income inequality in Malaysia based on household income survey

• Main Authors: Muhammad Aslam Mohd Safari,, Nurulkamal Masseran,, Kamarulzaman Ibrahim,, Saiful Izzuan Hussain,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13873/1/jqma-15-2-paper6.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13873/; http://www.ukm.my/jqma/current.html

Several policies have been introduced by Malaysian government with the aim of reducing the income inequality among the citizens. This study examines the changes in income inequality based on three different indices, which are Gini, Atkinson and generalized entropy using the household incomes data av...