The factors affect poverty phenomenon for families in Taiwan : 1999-2010

• Main Authors: Hsien-min Tseng, 曾憲民
• Other Authors: Yun-peng Chu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21905594375688174959

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 經濟學研究所 === 100 === Income inequality of Taiwan has already been well-known for its unique experience. Since 1980, the income inequality has increased gradually. The Gini index rose from 0.278 in 1980 to 0.342 in 2010. Before 2000, there are many articles studying income inequality, but it rarely discusses this after 2000 from now. The literatures mostly focus on yearly income inequality indicators, but they ignored the household types can affect the income inequality. In this paper, we use the survey of family income and expenditure data from Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics(DGBAS) from 1999 to 2010. Different from the previous literatures, we use Logit model in binary choice model with marginal effect to discuss the possibilities of household falling into poverty line. Secondly, we also set the different ages of the household heads, the ratio of employee and the ratio of the old to analyze. Finally, when we consider the time effect, the empirical result shows that the following variables are all significant factors, such as the industries of the household heads, the educational attainment of the household heads, the ages of the household heads, the sex of the household heads, the employment status of the household heads, the types of household, the ratio of employment, the ratio of the old, whether the households can surf the internet at home or not, whether the households own their house or not, and regional variable, which can be used to explain the possibilities of household falling into poverty line.