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

_IMF Working Papers, February 11, 2013_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Yan M Sun
- Published: February 11, 2013
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589068018.001

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### Summary and main finding
- 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.
- The link between investment and income distribution is weak.

### Methodology
- Empirical strategy: regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies.
- Key variables noted in the source: de-meaned Gini index, GINI, Gini coefficient, Gini index data, infrastructure quantity index, quality index, investment variable, Private investment.

### Subject scope and keywords
- Subject: Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Infrastructure, National accounts, Private investment
- Keywords: ASEAN-5, de-meaned Gini index, emerging market economy, flood-prevention investment, GINI, Gini coefficient, Gini index data, Global, Inclusive Growth, Income, Income Distribution, income equality, Income inequality, income share, Infrastructure, infrastructure quantity index, investment, investment variable, Private investment, quality index, quantity, WP

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