Income inequality and development in Malaysia

Pua, Vivien Fei Wen (2015) Income inequality and development in Malaysia. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Final Year Project Report
Additional Information:	Project Report (B.Sc.) -- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2015.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	income inequality, Income distribution, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, undergraduate, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Depositing User:	Karen Kornalius
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2016 03:01
Last Modified:	23 Feb 2024 08:36
URI:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12315

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