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An Analysis of Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Thailand
Journal of Economic & Financial Studies
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An Analysis of Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Thailand
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| Creator |
Pinitjitsamut, Montchai
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Economics
Inequality of economic opportunity; Inequality measure; Probit model. I31; I30; I39. |
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| Description |
This study aims to understand the socioeconomic and family backgrounds that affect individual economic opportunity in term of labor income on and above average income in different regions of Thailand. The results present that both age and marital status have positive impact to individual’s economic opportunity. Because it related to the necessity in personal family life. People works in Bangkok not necessary to get economic opportunity greater than others. Most inequality indicators show the inequality situation in Thailand still not as high as expectation. However, ordinary person usually get only less than 50% (0.4855) opportunity to get earning equal or more the average. Also, the society should concern the inequality of economic opportunity in optimal level which make equality parameter not greater than 0.5. This will create the mechanism to minimize the level of inequality, as a whole.
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| Publisher |
LAR Center Press
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| Contributor |
Thailand Research Fund
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2014-12-22
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Probit model |
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application/pdf
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| Identifier |
http://journalofeconomics.org/index.php/site/article/view/74
10.18533/jefs.v2i04.74 |
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| Source |
Journal of Economic & Financial Studies; Vol 2, No 06 (2014): December; 37-42
2379-9471 2379-9463 |
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| Language |
eng
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| Relation |
http://journalofeconomics.org/index.php/site/article/view/74/251
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| Coverage |
Thailand
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