Infrastructure and Income Distribution in ASEAN-5: What are the Links?
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Summary:
Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both quality and quantity, promotes income equality, while the link between investment and income distribution is weak.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2013/041
Subject:
Income Income distribution Income inequality Infrastructure National accounts Private investment
English
Publication Date:
February 11, 2013
ISBN/ISSN:
9781589068018/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2013041
Pages:
19
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