1st Edition

Income Inequality in Singapore

By Pundarik Mukhopadhaya Copyright 2014
204 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The World Bank, 1993 conferred on Singapore the status of ‘tiger economy’ because of its two miraculous characteristics: high growth and reduced income inequality. Expansion of educational provision is one of the major policies the Government of Singapore followed since 1975 particularly to enrich the human capital endowment of the country which has been crucial to the success of Singapore. This... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Income Inequality a General Discussion  3. Income Inequality Trends in Singapore  4. Educational Development and Income Inequality  5. Income Differences: the Gender Dimension  6. Inequality, Older Women and Necessity for Social Security  7. Trend in Equity and Efficiency Trade-off in Singapore  8. Conclusion

Biography

Pundarik Mukhopadhaya is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Australia. Dr Mukhopadhaya has published widely on income distribution analysis and various other issues in development economics. Some of his major publications have appeared in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Researches on Economic Inequality, Advances in Econometrics, Applied Economics, Journal on Income Distribution, Journal of Asian Economics, Asian Economics Journal, Journal of World Investment and Trade, Netherlands International Law Review, Oxford Development Studies and Economic Record. Dr Mukhopadhaya has also provided consultancy to UNESCO, the World Bank and WHO.

"this well-researched, in-depth look at inequality in Singapore is a timely contribution" — The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, September 2015