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1、(2011屆)本科畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)(論文)外文翻譯外文題目:Income,Consumption,AndpovertyinKorea出處:SocialIndicatorsResearch,2003,no.62作者:JoungwooleeINCOME,CONSUMPTION,ANDPOVERTYINKOREAJOUNG-WOOLEEABSTRACT:ThisarticleexamineschangesineconomicwelfarewithinKoreaintermsofincome,consumption,andpoverty.An
2、alysesofgovernmentstatisticsrevealthatithasbeenextraordinarilysuccessfulinraisingtheaveragelevelofbothincomeandconsumption,whilereducingtheincidenceofpovertyduringthelastfourdecades.Inreducingtheunequaldistributionofincomeduringthesameperiod,however,thecountryhasbee
3、nmuchlesssuccessful.Intheaftermathofthe1997economiccrises,thelevelofpovertyhasrisenduetosharpincreasesinunemployment.ThelivesofthepoorareatrisksincethesocialsafetynetsysteminKoreaisonlyminimal.Theheavyconcentrationoflandandwealthinafewhandsisamajorobstacletothefurth
4、erenhancementofthequalityofeconomiclifeamongtheKoreanpeople.ThispaperexaminesthechangingqualityofeconomiclifeespeciallyamongKoreanworkerswithsystematicanalysesoftimeseriesdataonincome,consumption,andpoverty.Theanalysesarebasedontwoassumptions.ThefirstiswhatJohnRawls
5、characterizesas“maximinprinciple,”i.e.,thequalityoflifeinagivensocietycannotberegardedassatisfactorywhensomeofitscitizensareinamiserablestateoflife.ThesecondpremiseisthatKoreanworkershaveyettoreceivetheirfairshareofeconomicdevelopment,althoughitisinternationallyrega
6、rdedasmoreequitablethanwhatisobservedinotherdevelopingcountriesINCOMEGROWTHKoreahasdisplayedunprecedentedrapideconomicgrowthfromthemid-1960supuntilthelate1990s,whenanabrupteconomiccrisishitthecountry.Percapitanationalincomeincreased80-foldfromU.S.$125in1966tooverU.S
7、.$10000in1995.ThiskindofrapideconomicgrowthcouldbefoundonlyinfewEastAsiancountrieslikeHongKong,Singapore,andTaiwan.AnothernotablefeatureofeconomicgrowthinKoreaisthatithasnotbeenaccompaniedbyaworseningdistributionofincome,aswitnessedinmanyLatinAmericancountriesINCOME
8、DISTRIBUTIONIndividualscholarsandresearchinstituteshavereportedthatincomedistributioninKoreahasimprovedduringthelastcoupleofdecades.TheKor