The Relationship between Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Urban and Rural Areas of Iran: Application of
Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research
S .A . Mortazavi
1
(استادیار اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشکده کشاورزی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس)
F. Seraj Zadeh
2
(دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشکده کشاورزی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس)
M . Shokohi
3
(دانشجوی دکترای دانشکده اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزی دانشگاه تهران)
Keywords: Economic Growth, income inequality, urban and rural regions,
Abstract :
In the literature of development economics there are two well known propositions about poverty reduction. (i); poverty can be reduced by promoting economic growth and by improving income distribution. (ii); increasing economic growth may worsen income distribution. This study attempted to investigate the relationship between inequality income and economic growth in urban and rural regions using Kuznets curve during 1980-2007 period. The results showed evidence of the inverted N-shaped relationship between per capita income and inequality of income in rural regions while, there was N-shaped relationship between per capita income and inequality income in urban areas. Also, increment in per capita income by 1 percent increased inequality of income in urban and rural areas by 0.44 and 0.41 percent respectively. JEL Classification : D63، R11