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1、中文3070字本科畢業(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.Analyseso
2、fgovernmentstatisticsrevealthatithasbeenextraordinarilysuccessfulinraisingtheaveragelevelofbothincomeandconsumption,whilereducingtheincidenceofpovertyduringthelastfourdecades.Inreducingtheunequaldistributionofincomeduringthesameperiod,however,thecountryhasbeenmuchlesssucce
3、ssful.Intheaftermathofthe1997economiccrises,thelevelofpovertyhasrisenduetosharpincreasesinunemployment.ThelivesofthepoorareatrisksincethesocialsafetynetsysteminKoreaisonlyminimal.Theheavyconcentrationoflandandwealthinafewhandsisamajorobstacletothefurtherenhancementofthequa
4、lityofeconomiclifeamongtheKoreanpeople.ThispaperexaminesthechangingqualityofeconomiclifeespeciallyamongKoreanworkerswithsystematicanalysesoftimeseriesdataonincome,consumption,andpoverty.Theanalysesarebasedontwoassumptions.ThefirstiswhatJohnRawlscharacterizesas“maximinprinc
5、iple,”i.e.,thequalityoflifeinagivensocietycannotberegardedassatisfactorywhensomeofitscitizensareinamiserablestateoflife.ThesecondpremiseisthatKoreanworkershaveyettoreceivetheirfairshareofeconomicdevelopment,althoughitisinternationallyregardedasmoreequitablethanwhatisobserv
6、edinotherdevelopingcountriesINCOMEGROWTHKoreahasdisplayedunprecedentedrapideconomicgrowthfromthemid-1960supuntilthelate1990s,whenanabrupteconomiccrisishitthecountry.Percapitanationalincomeincreased80-foldfromU.S.$125in1966tooverU.S.$10000in1995.Thiskindofrapideconomicgrowt
7、hcouldbefoundonlyinfewEastAsiancountrieslikeHongKong,Singapore,andTaiwan.AnothernotablefeatureofeconomicgrowthinKoreaisthatithasnotbeenaccompaniedbyaworseningdistributionofincome,aswitnessedinmanyLatinAmericancountriesINCOMEDISTRIBUTIONIndividualscholarsandresearchinstitut
8、eshavereportedthatincomedistributioninKoreahasimprovedduringthelastcoupleofdecades.TheKor