1st Edition

Public Expenditure and Income Distribution in Malaysia

By Mukaramah Harun, Sze Ying Loo Copyright 2023
142 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Introduction; 2. Malaysian Economy, Income Distribution and Public Expenditure; 3. Social Accounting Matrix as a Framework to Analyze the Impact of Public Expenditure on Income Distribution; 4. Analysis on the Impact of Public Expenditure on Income Distribution; 5. Implications for Policy in Public Expenditure; Appendix I. Full Form of Public Expenditure

Biography

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.