Personal Income Distribution of the Nonfarm Sector in Taiwan Colonial Era
Resource
經濟論文叢刊, 29(2), 177-201
Journal
經濟論文叢刊
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Pages
177-201
Date Issued
2001-06
Date
2001-06
Author(s)
Chang, C.H.
Liu, Y.C.
Abstract
This study has examined family income distribution and wage distribution and their determinants by applying methods of factor decomposition and regression analysis to micro cross-sectional data of the nonfarm-sector in the colonial era in Taiwan. Our empirical findings reveal that wage earnings dominated family income distribution, personal wage unequally distributed mainly because of the variation of the wage rate, rather than the variation of working hours, and age was the most important determinant of the wage variation.
Subjects
個人所得分配
非農部門
變異係數的因素分解
迴歸分析
Personal income distribution
nonfarm sector
decomposition of coefficient of variation
regression analysis
Type
journal article