Family size equivalency scale is widely used in income inequality studies to deal with the differences in the size of each household, and it is widely accepted that the use of different scales significantly alters the estimated values of the inequality indexes and produces U-shaped pattern. This...

This study attempts to measure what effects the direction and size of contributions of a number of different income sources at the household level has on the changes in inequality indexes in Korea between 1988 and 2002. Based on the Urban Household Income and Expenditure Survey (UHIES) from the...

This study raises one of the fundamental questions on the role and function of the ‘civil petition/appeal,’ and the relevant institutional settings in Korean government that would foster positive contribution of such in the policy-making process and good governance. This study finds that the...