| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 建築及都市計劃研究所碩士在職專班 === 93 === A Study on the Interrelationships between City Size and Household Income
- An Empirical Study on Areas in Taiwan -
Abstract
Kuznetz (1955) discovered that income distribution appears to be fairer in areas with higher average income. The applicability of this theory to cities in Taiwan is a subject worth exploring. In Taiwan, a high percentage of population live in cities; therefore, based on the theory, if income of city population is more evenly distributed, income in the nation will also be more evenly distributed and consequently improvements will become apparent in rural areas. Statistical information provides a set of more subjective basis for observing the income distribution in major cities in Taiwan, which will also serve as a reliable basis for planning of city development.
Based on the definitions of Urban Areas and Urbanized Regions set in the R.O.C. Statistical Area Standards and Administrative Areas defined by the Commerce/Industry Census Report published by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (Executive Yuan), this study selected seven major cities in Taiwan (1982 to 2003), including central municipal cities - Taipei City and Kaohsiung City and provincial municipal cities – Taichung City, Tainan City, Keelung City, Chia-I City, and Hsinchu City, for empirical study. For which, A linear regression model is established for systematic empirical testing to understand the link-structure of city scale and household income.
Chapter I is an Introduction: this chapter explores the initiative and objective of this study, defines the scope of study (time and space), and content of the study. Addition section III of this chapter lays out the research methods, structure, and procedure. Chapter II is Literature Discussion and Theories: The first part of this chapter explores research literature relevant to income distribution, city scale, and city development. The second part of this chapter describes the interrelationships between “unevenly distributed income” and “income distribution”, “city scale”, and “city development”. Chapter III is Design and Structure of this research: nine indicators are used as independent variables for this study. They are “second class industrial employment structure ratio”, “third class industrial employment structure ratio’, “female labor participation rate”, “ratio of labor force to total population”, “unemployment rate”, “percentage of population with college and above education”, “gender ratio”, “population density”, and ‘total population”. Indicators for “industry categorization” are adopted from the Taiwan Area Manpower Census report and Household Income Census Report - Gini Coefficient and Overview of City/County Statistics as empirical indexes. Chapter IV is Empirical Analysis and Discussion: first in this chapter, the “significance” and “adoptability” among variables are examined one by one. This research examines the relativity between “household income” and each variable through simple regression analysis, which is designed to enable establishment of empirical models in the future. Chapter V are the Conclusions and the Suggestions.
Keywords: Kuznetz Theory, definition of city, city economy, characteristics of city
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