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INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1961–91
Author(s) -
ESTUDILLO Jonna P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.1997.tb01187.x
Subject(s) - gini coefficient , economics , inequality , income inequality metrics , economic inequality , income distribution , wage , demographic economics , household income , labour economics , geography , mathematics , mathematical analysis , archaeology
Household income inequality in the Philippines remains high and the trends for three decades have been fairly stable except for a sharp decline in the mid‐1980s. Gini coefficient of income inequality has been consistently close to 0.50. Urbanization and education of household head are the most important factors determining the level of income inequality while the contribution of age of head is limited. The increase in the number of urban households results in an increase of overall inequality while the increase in the number of household heads with a college education tends to decrease the inequality. Among the household income sources, wage income is the largest contributor to total income inequality. Wage rate inequality appears to be a major source of wage income inequality.