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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2017.106.4.497

Trends on Income Inequality and Bi-polarization for Forest Household  

Kim, Eui-Gyeong (Department of Forest Environmental Resources, Gyeongsang National University (Institute of Agriculture and Life Science))
Jung, Byung-Heon (Division of Forest Industry Research, National Institute of Science)
Kim, Dong-Hyun (Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.106, no.4, 2017 , pp. 497-508 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study conducted to examine about the income inequality and bi-polarization for forestry household. For this purpose, Gini coefficient and Atkinson index were used to analyze the income inequality for forestry household. Also, DER index were employed to show their income bi-polarization. Before using these methodologies, forestry household income was divided into three parts that was forestry income, non forestry business income and transfer income. And then, income inequality and bi-polarization were analyzed respectively. The result shows that forestry household income inequality was higher than whole household inequality. Apart from transfer income, forestry household income, forestry income and non forestry business income inequality was aggravated. At the same time, these tendency was able to observe the bi-polarization for forestry household income and other income sources.
Keywords
forestry household; income inequality; gini coefficient; bi-polarization; atkinson index; DER index;
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