Income inequality in Malaysia

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-132

  Ragayah, Haji Mat Zin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gini ratio; Growth with equity; Income distribution; Inequality; New Economic Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349120802     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2008.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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