5. Regional Disparities, Income Inequality, and Poverty

Author(s):  
Iva Raycheva ◽  

In this paper are presented selected results from an empirical analysis of the income inequality in Bulgarian regions. As we know from the economic theory the income that people receive is a basic measure of living standards. Which from your end is related with the risk of poverty or social exclusion? Disparities of the regions is an actual question which is investigated by many researchers. The current research is investigating inequality and related indicators.


Author(s):  
Tomasz Żylicz

Unlike income inequality, environmental inequality has not been researched in Poland widely. In this chapter, we combine environmental monitoring data with economic indicators in order to address the question of whether regional disparities in environmental quality are linked to income differentials. It turns out that variation of air quality cannot be easily explained by regional economic indicators. The study serves as an exercise in simple econometric modelling.


Author(s):  
Hoi Le Quoc ◽  
Hoi Chu Minh

Financial development could exert various effects on income distribution of a country. By employing Generalized Method of Moment, this paper aims at examining the impacts of credit market depth, one of most used financial development barometers, on income inequality in Vietnam. The empirical findings show that expanding credit market in the country could lead to higher income inequality. We have not found evidence that supports the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped relation ever introduced by Greenwood and Jovanovich, although this hypothesis may still hold in a sense that Vietnam has not reached to the inflection point to generate such a curve alike.


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