The Philippine Income Distribution Problem

Mahar Mahangas

Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 1976, vol. 24, 47-59

Abstract: Income distribution is a major, yet neglected, concern of economic development. Economic development is defined here as the degree of attainment of the various economic objectives of the nation.') In general, these national objectives fall under thee main headings : 1. A desire by each individual for more of the pleasantries in life the length of life itself; food ; housing - as well as less of the nuisances in life - such as inflation, unemployment, or sickness. 2. A desire by society as a whole of a more equitable or fairer sharing of both the goods and the bads. 3. A desire to make better provision in the present for the welfare of future generations - by investments in traditional forms of capital, by investments in human capital, and by safeguards for natural resources.

Keywords: income; problem; produce; growth; economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1976
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://lpem.org/repec/lpe/efijnl/197603.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lpe:efijnl:197603

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economics and Finance in Indonesia from Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Muhammad Halley Yudhistira ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).