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Regional Income Inequality in Asian Developing Countries under Globalization: A Study based on Household Income and Expenditure Surveys

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01589
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionInternational University of Japan (2019-2022)
Rikkyo University (2018)

Principal Investigator

Akita Takahiro  国際大学, 国際大学研究所, 名誉教授(移行) (50175791)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 片岡 光彦  立教大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20321713)
山田 恭平  国際大学, 国際関係学研究科, 教授(移行) (60710605)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords地域間格差 / 都市農村間格差 / 家計調査データ / アジア開発途上国 / 所得格差要因分析 / 都市農村格差 / 貧困
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Globalization has worsened socioeconomic disparity between regions that enjoy agglomeration economies and have access to good economic infrastructure, and those that lack such infrastructure. Traditionally, researchers have often used regional GDP data from regional income accounts to measure regional income disparities. However, regional GDP is only a measure of the value added generated by productive activities and may not necessarily reflect the standard of living in each region. To address this limitation, this study utilized household survey data to estimate regional and urban-rural disparities in several developing Asian countries and examined the extent to which these disparities contribute to household income or consumption expenditure inequality. The study also explored policies that could help reduce such inequality.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究代表者は、インドネシアとフィリピンの家計調査データを用いて地域間あるいは都市農村間格差の分析を行ってきた。本研究では、これらの国に加えてブータン、ミャンマー、バングラデッシュなど他のアジア開発途上国の家計間所得(消費支出)格差も計測し比較分析を行った。一方、地域間格差の計測には従来地域所得データが多く用いられてきた。しかし、地域所得データは生活水準を必ずしも反映していない。本研究では、生活水準をよりよく反映する家計調査データを用いてグループ内とグループ間の格差に分解可能な格差尺度により所得(消費支出)格差の分析を行った。したがって、社会的意義と学術的意義は大きい。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Initial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Regional Economies and Income Inequality in Indonesia: A Bi-dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2023

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Armida Alisjahbana
    • Journal Title

      IUJ Working Paper: Economics and Management Series

      Volume: EMS-2023-02 Pages: 1-36

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Education and Expenditure Inequality in Indonesia and the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis in an Urban and Rural Dual Framework2023

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Sachiko Miyata
    • Journal Title

      IUJ Working Paper: Economics and Management Series

      Volume: EMS-2023-03 Pages: 1-34

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting Educational Kuznets Curve: An Analysis of Educational Inequality based on Absolute and Relative Inequality Measures2023

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita
    • Journal Title

      IUJ Working Paper: Economics and Management Series

      Volume: EMS-2023-04 Pages: 1-9

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Structural Changes and Income Inequality in China: , 2000-2017: A Bi-Dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Liang Tan and Takahiro Akita
    • Journal Title

      Sustainability

      Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.3390/su15010401

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pro-poorness of rural economic growth and the roles of education in Bhutan, 2007-20172022

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Dorji Lethro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

      Volume: online article Issue: 2 Pages: 1-27

    • DOI

      10.1080/13547860.2022.2054132

    • NAID

      120007175162

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Urban and rural dimensions of the role of education in inequality: A comparative analysis between Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Sachiko Miyata
    • Journal Title

      Rural and Urban Dichotomies and Spatial Development in Asia

      Volume: edited book Pages: 127-166

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-16-1232-9_6

    • NAID

      120006893191

    • ISBN
      9789811612312, 9789811612329
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fiscal disparities in Indonesia in the decentralization era: Does general allocation fund equalize fiscal revenues?2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita, Awaludin Aji Riadi and Ali Rizal
    • Journal Title

      Regional Science Policy and Practice

      Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 1842-1865

    • DOI

      10.1111/rsp3.12326

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pro-poorness of rural economic growth and the roles of education in Bhutan, 2007-20172021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Dorji Lethro
    • Journal Title

      IUJ Research Institute Economics and Management Series

      Volume: EMS-2021-06 Pages: 1-41

    • NAID

      120007175162

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Economic tertiarization and regional income inequality in a decentralized Indonesia: A bidimensional inequality decomposition analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      Alisjahbana, Armida, and Akita, Takahiro
    • Journal Title

      Social Indicators Research

      Volume: 151 Issue: 1 Pages: 51-80

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11205-020-02374-z

    • NAID

      120006786415

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Assessing pro-poorness of regional economic growth: Evidence from Indonesia, 2004-20142020

    • Author(s)
      Akita, Takahiro, and Miyata, Sachiko
    • Journal Title

      Working Paper: Economics and Management Series EMS-2020-03, IUJ

      Volume: - Pages: 1-41

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Urban and rural dimensions of the role of education in Inequality: A comparative analysis between Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines2020

    • Author(s)
      Akita, Takahiro, and Miyata, Sachiko
    • Journal Title

      Working Paper: Economics and Management Series EMS-2020-04, IUJ

      Volume: - Pages: 1-43

    • NAID

      120006893191

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Measuring the pro-poorness of urban and rural economic growth in Indonesia, 2004-20142020

    • Author(s)
      Akita, Takahiro, and Miyata, Sachiko
    • Journal Title

      ERIA Discussion Paper Series No. 351, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

      Volume: - Pages: 1-51

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Economic Tertiarization and Regional Income Inequality in a Decentralized Indonesia: A Bi-dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      Alisjahbana, A., and Akita, T.
    • Journal Title

      Working Paper: Economics and Management Series, IUJ Research Institute

      Volume: EMS-2020-01 Pages: 1-37

    • NAID

      120006786415

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Education and Expenditure Inequality in Myanmar: An Analysis with the 2006 and 2012 Household Income and Expenditure Survey in an Urban and Rural Setting2019

    • Author(s)
      Aye Thu Zar Thein, and T. Akita
    • Journal Title

      Regional Science Policy & Practice

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 55-70

    • DOI

      10.1111/rsp3.12188

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Roles of Education in Expenditure Inequality in Bhutan: An Analysis in an Urban-Rural Context2019

    • Author(s)
      Lethro, Dorji, and T. Akita
    • Journal Title

      Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science

      Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Pages: 465-485

    • DOI

      10.1007/s41685-019-00105-y

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Fiscal Disparities in Indonesia under Decentralization: To What Extent Has General Allocation Grant (DAU) Equalized Fiscal Revenues?2019

    • Author(s)
      Akita, T., Awaludin Aji Riadi, and Ali Rizal
    • Journal Title

      Working Paper: Economics and Management Series, IUJ Research Institute

      Volume: EMS-2019-05 Pages: 1-33

    • NAID

      120006734145

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Urban and Rural Dimensions of the Role of Education in Income Inequality in Bangladesh2018

    • Author(s)
      Shaikh Shahriar Mahmud and Takahiro Akita
    • Journal Title

      Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

      Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 169-183

    • DOI

      10.1111/rurd.12089

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Initial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Regional Economies and Income Inequality in Indonesia: A Bi-dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Armida Alisjahbana
    • Organizer
      The 17th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Economic Tertiarization and Regional Income Inequality in a Decentralized Indonesia: A Bi-dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita
    • Organizer
      The 16th Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization Summer Institute
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Methods of Regional and Interregional Analysis: Some New Approaches2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita
    • Organizer
      56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Fiscal Disparities in Indonesia under Decentralization: To What Extent Has General Allocation Grant (DAU) Equalized Fiscal Revenues?2018

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita
    • Organizer
      14th Indonesia Regional Science Association International Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Economic Tertiarization and Regional Income Inequality in a Decentralized Indonesia A Bi-dimensional Inequality Decomposition Analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita
    • Organizer
      14th Indonesia Regional Science Association International Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Regional Inequality and Development: Measurement and Applications in Indonesia2022

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Mitsuhiko Kataoka
    • Total Pages
      208
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9789811929687
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Demystifying Rising Inequality in Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Akita and Sachiko Miyata
    • Total Pages
      34
    • Publisher
      Asian Development Bank Institute
    • ISBN
      9784899741015
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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