Income inequality in rural areas of Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

یاسر mardani ¹ , آیت اله Karami ²

1 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت توسعه روستایی دانشگاه یاسوج
2 - استادیار گروه مدیریت توسعه روستایی دانشگاه یاسوج

Received: 2013-12-07 Accepted : 2013-12-07 Published : 2013-05-22

Keywords: Iran, Keywords: Income inequality, Gini Coefficient, rural areas,

Abstract :

Considering that a high percentage of the population in Iran are living in rural areas, study of  problems facing rural communities including analysis of income distribution and its  trend in preparing development plans is very necessary.  This study aims to measure income inequality in rural areas in 1989-2009 periods by using Gini coefficient. For this purpose, data from households' expenditure survey were used. Results showed that during the period, income inequality in rural areas of the country was decreased slowly, but still there was considerable difference among provinces. On this basis, allocation of resources to those regions which suffered from unequal income distibutin was recommended.