Public Expenditure and Income Distribution in Malaysia

Mukaramah Harun, Sze Ying Loo

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Regional studies; Ethnic studies; Macroeconomics

Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

This book studies the impact of public expenditure allocations in achieving income equality goals in Malaysia.

The book examines the initial functional and institutional distribution of income across different institutional agents and sectors and evaluates the impact of the public expenditure policies in reducing the inter-ethnic and rural–urban disparity. Since Malaysia has made enormous progress in eliminating poverty, the authors suggest that a change of emphasis in the public expenditure policy may now be called for. They present evidence on the importance of public expenditure in improving income inequality and examine the initial functional and institutional distribution of income across different institutional agents and sectors. The development of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) model that presents both economic and social statistics in an economy can be served as a useful tool of this work. The SAM model is used to evaluate the impact of the public expenditure policies in reducing inter-ethnic and rural–urban disparity.

A comprehensive source of information on how to deal with inequality economic challenges, the book will be of interest to economists and researchers on Southeast Asian Studies.

By: Mukaramah Harun, Sze Ying Loo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032298863
ISBN 10: 1032298863
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Mukaramah Harun is Professor at the School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Sze Ying Loo received her PhD degree from the School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia.