Identifying determinants of income inequality in the presence of multiple income sources: The case of Korean farm households

Does Income Inequality Exist among Urban Farmers? A Demonstration of Lorenz Curves from Northern Thailand

“…The Phasing sub-district showed a low estimated annual income (THB 35,759, approximately equal to USD 1146), with a high Gini index at 67. 59 Figure 2 further demonstrates the Lorenz curves for each sub-district compared to that of the Mueang district. The Lorenz curves for each sub-district are neither equal with the line of equality, nor the same with the Lorenz curve of the Mueang district.…”

“…The Phasing subdistrict showed a low estimated annual income (THB 35,759, approximately equal to USD 1146), with a high Gini index at 67. 59…”

“…Moreover, registered farmers who had both land ownership and entitlement accounted for 57% of the total, which implies that the other half of farmers in the Mueang district did not own the agricultural land, including the right to use the land. Land ownership was shown in past research to be a determinant of income diversification that can induce income inequality in farm households; farmland was also shown to be vital to farmers as landowners of small farms or near-landless farmers have very slight chances to gain any profit from agricultural activities [57][58][59][60][61]. The results in Table 1 further indicate that the average size of farmland was 0.63 hectares.…”