Income Inequality and Poverty, Methods of Estimation and Policy Applications
综述收入分配函数、不平等度量、影响个人收入分配的政府政策以及贫困度量方法，为研究收入不平等与贫困的经济学者提供方法论基础。
In a closed economy, income is created in production with the aid of factors such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Production takes place within different firms and government organizations, and, at the same time, income is created and distributed to income units. From this process, a pattern of distribution emerges that has been found to be stable over time and space. This feature of income distribution has provoked a number of alternative theories explaining the generation of income. The present study focuses on the following issues: (a) income distribution functions, (b) measurement of the degree of income inequality, (c) government policies affecting personal distribution of income, and (d) measurement of poverty.