Sources of Income Growth and Inequality Across Ethnic Groups in Malaysia, 1970–2000
利用1970和2000年的社会核算矩阵，分析马来西亚主要族群收入增长的来源，发现出口扩张和劳动资本报酬变化是主因，且城乡、技能和族群间影响差异大，两者结合解释了收入不平等的加剧。
This paper examines the sources of income growth for major ethnic groups in Malaysia. An input–output structural decomposition analysis is extended and applied to the social accounting matrices of 1970 and 2000. The results indicate that the expansion of exports and the changes in the compensation of labor and capital inputs are the main determinants for the income changes. The effects differ largely between rural and urban areas, between skilled and unskilled workers, and between the major ethnic groups. The combination of these two determinants, however, is a dominant factor in explaining the increase in income inequality in Malaysia.