The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration (수산경영론집)

The Korean Society of Fisheries Business Administration (한국수산경영학회)
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The Trend in Fishery Household Income Inequality and Its Gini Factor Decomposition

어가소득 불평등도의 변화추이와 지니요인 분해

  • 김상권 (신라대학교 상경대학 경제학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.21
  • Accepted : 2014.05.24
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

This study examines trends in the overall income inequality of fishery household from 2003 to 2012 with the panel data of the Fishery Household Economy Survey. To investigate the potential determinants of income inequality, we decomposes the Gini coefficients into five income sources, fishery income, non-fishery income(non-fishery business income, non-business income), transfer income, irregular income and calculate the impact of each income sources on total income inequality. An evident trend toward increasing inequality of household income was found. Also, we find rising fishery income and non-fishery income play important role in the rapid increase of income inequality. Only transfer income appear to reduce total income inequality.

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