Expenditure Inequality in Indonesia, 2008-2010: A Spatial Decomposition Analysis and the Role of Education

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-411

  Hayashi, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Kataoka, Mitsuhiko ^c   Akita, Takahiro ^d  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Chiba Keizai University   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blinder Oaxaca decomposition; Indonesia; O5; O8; R12; Role of education; Spatial inequality; Theil decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918523604     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/asej.12042     Document Type: Article

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