Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127116 
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Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 917
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
There have been many theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of income distribution on economic growth. This paper uses Japanese prefectural panel data to empirically analyze how income distribution affects economic growth. Four measures of the income distribution are used in the system GMM estimations. The Gini indices, income share of the third quintile and the ratio of the income share of the top decile and the 5th decile show that income inequality has negative effects on growth. The ratio of the income share of the bottom decile and the 5th decile does not have statistically significant effects. Therefore, the estimation results show that the increased income inequality in recent Japan decreased the economic growth.
JEL: 
O40
C33
J01
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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