Spatial Dimensions of Expenditure Inequality and the Role of Education in Indonesia : An Analysis of the 2008-2010 Susenas Panel

• Hayashi Mitsuhiro

  Crawford School, ANU/Chuo University

• Kataoka Mitsuhiko

  Chiba Keizai University

• Akita Takahiro

  International University of Japan

抄録

Based on 2008-2010 Susenas panel data, this study analyzes expenditure inequality in Indonesia from spatial perspectives by using several inequality decomposition methods: decomposition of the Theil indices by population subgroups; decomposition of the Gini coefficient by expenditure components; and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. In the Theil decomposition, this study employs not only the conventional approach but also an alternative approach proposed by Elbers and others (2008). Our results show that a substantial portion of expenditure inequality is attributed to inequalities within urban and rural sectors. According to the alternative approach, however, the contribution of between-sector inequality increases conspicuously, suggesting that there are notable differences in the distribution of per capita household expenditures between the urban and rural sectors. Educational differences appear to have played an important role in urban inequality as well as urban-rural disparity. For both urban and rural households, expenditures on non-food items, including expenditure on education, serve to have increased total inequality.

収録刊行物

• Economics & management series

  Economics & management series 2012 1-31, 2012-11

  国際大学

キーワード

• Indonesia
• spatial inequality
• decomposition of Theil indices and Gini coefficient
• Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
• education
• contribution of between-group inequality

詳細情報

• CRID: 1573387452662012672
• NII論文ID: 110009494799
• NII書誌ID: AA12509645
• 本文言語コード: en
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