Different Faces of Inequality across Asia: Decomposition of Income Gaps across Demographic Groups

Economic inequality across Asia has been growing, but dimensions of this inequality and their development are unclear. This paper evaluates income inequality using household surveys from China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan. These countries may be viewed as jointly representative of Asia's population, covering countries with various income levels, inequality and demographic profiles. This study assesses income gaps between various demographic groups in regard to households' residence, administrative region, education, employment status and gender at various income quantiles, using unc... Mehr ...