Welfare situation of urban and rural households during the second and third development plan using Sen Welfare index

Subject Areas : Applied Economics

عباس علی  ابونوری ¹ (ندارد)
زهرا  مفاخری عراقی ² (ندارد)
ابراهیم  صیامی ³ (مسئول مکاتبات)

Received: 2011-07-23 Accepted : 2011-10-25 Published : 2011-09-23

Keywords: Sen Social welfare function, Gini Coefficient,

Abstract :

This paper try to use households' expenditures statistics studies welfare situation urban and rural household during the second and third of development plan. Fundament this study is based on welfare indices by economists and welfare economists one of the most popular index is used in practical research is Sen welfare index. in this research we use Gini coefficient index and income distribution for calculating Sen welfare index. Results show that welfare situation distinguish between each state in urban and rural regions.on hand Teharan and Esfahan relative to other states have had suitable situation and other hand Sistan and Balochestan, lorestan and Chaharmahle bakhtiyari arenot good situation. On the other hand, urban regions are better than rural regions regions when we calculate welfare index.