Changes in income distribution over time in a one-sector neoclassical setting

Equalization Effects of the Expansion of Laborintensive Exports: The Case of Taiwan

“…The coefficient of variation was 0.6283 and 0.6617 for the two years, respectively, when inequality was defined among the persons, each of whom got the per capita gross income of the household he or she belonged to. Chu (1989) indicated similar trends between 1980 and 1986 for the inequality of the per-adult-equivalent household distributed factor income.…”

“…26-29) and Oshima (1992) for discussion of the Asian situation. 49 In the single-sector, two-class neoclassical model of Chu's (1986), it was shown that changes in inequality may follow a variety of patterns, depending on the initial conditions and the value of elasticity of substitution. This is not to say that the above discussion had confirmed the absence of tradeoff in Taiwan at the early stages of its development.…”

Desigualdade de Renda e Crescimento Econômico no Brasil: 1976-1985

“…Se esta vai melhorar ou piorar com o cresci mento do produto per capita, isto depende da distribuição inicial dos fatores de produção ("initial endowments"). Como demons trado por Chu (1986), a evolução temporal da desigualdade pode seguir uma variedade de padrões, inclusive um U-invertido, "if the initial distribution of the ownership of capital is comparable to or slightly more concentrated in the hands of the rich families than its long run steady leveI. "…”