Infrastructure and Income Distribution in ASEAN-5: What are the Links?

Dulani Seneviratne and Yan Sun

No 2013/041, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both quality and quantity, promotes income equality, while the link between investment and income distribution is weak.

Keywords: WP; Gini coefficient; investment; ASEAN-5; quantity; emerging market economy; Gini index data; Infrastructure; Income Distribution; GINI; Inclusive Growth; investment variable; infrastructure quantity index; de-meaned Gini index; flood-prevention investment; income share; income equality; quality index; Income inequality; Income; Private investment; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2013-02-11
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