The household distribution of government services for agriculture and education in Peninsular Malaysia in 1974
Meerman, J.
Review of Income and Wealth 24(2): 161-176
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-6586 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1978.tb00037.xDocument Number: 358703
The paper reports on several results from a study of the household incidence of public expenditure in Peninsular Malaysia in 1974. The results for education show a pro-poor distribution of expenditure when measured as a share of household income, but using the criterion of each according to his needs (i.e. the number of school-age children per household) reverses this outcome. In agriculture, because of the importance of land settlement, benefits from public expenditure are distributed predominantly in favour of the poor.