Siew-Pong Cheah · Lin-Sea Lau · Chee-Keong Choong ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: D3, D63, G51
Most past studies have assumed a symmetric relationship between income distribution and household indebtedness. Therefore, linear or symmetric modelling would miss possible asymmetric relationships between income distribution and household...
Jia-Jun Gabriel Yau · Siow-Hooi Tan ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: O33, O40
This study re-investigates the presence of the Kuznets curve in the context of Malaysia, by employing an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. We seek to examine the non-linear impacts of economic growth on income inequality by in...
Rusli Latimaha · Zakaria Bahari · Nor Asmat Ismail ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
In this paper, the authors use dynamic panel data in order to assess the linkages between the cost of living, income inequality, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population and unemployment rate with respect to the street crime rate...
Saeed Solaymani ·Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: H2, H24, H25, O15
This study is the first attempt to analyze the effectiveness of recent two major tax policies, the reductions in personal and corporate income taxes and a rise in indirect tax and their combine, under both balanced and unbalanced budget con...
Muhammed Abdul Khalid · Li Yang ·Journal of Asian Economics ·2021
In this paper, by combining information obtained from national accounts, household surveys, and fiscal data, we document the evolution of income inequality in Malaysia, not only at the national level (for the period of 1984–2014) but also b...
Abdul Rahim Ridzuan · Shahsuzan Zakaria · Bayu Arie Fianto · Nora Yusma Mohamed Yusoff · Nor Fatimah Che Sulaiman · Mohamad Idham Md Razak · Siswantini · Arsiyanti Lestari ·International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ·2021 ·JEL: G10, F62
This study offers new insights for policymakers to reduce income inequality, thus ensuring economic growth which greatly benefits the poor segment of population and directing financial sector to provide easy access to financial resources fo...