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Figure 1 Levels and Trends of Income Inequality in Selected East Asian

Countries
Figure 1 Levels and Trends of Income Inequality in Selected East Asian Countries

Note: 1990s refers to the period from 1990 (or earliest) to 1999 while 2000s, the period from
Note: 1990s refers to the period from 1990 (or earliest) to 1999 while 2000s, the period from
2010 to 2015 (or latest).
Source: Solt (2016).
2010 to 2015 (or latest).

The sample cases from East Asia display varying political and economic
performance: three affluent and equal democracies with good governance (Japan,
South Korea, and Taiwan); three less affluent and unequal democracies with poor
governance (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Mongolia); one affluent and unequal
non-democracy with good governance (Singapore); one less affluent and unequal
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non-democracy with good governance (Malaysia); and one less affluent and unequal
non-democracy with poor governance (Thailand). These cases also exhibit different
trajectories of political evolution since the 1990s: six cases of democratic transition
(Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand); one case
of democratic reversion (Thailand); and two cases of no democratic transition
(Malaysia and Singapore). In view of democratic transition and rising inequality
across much of the region, it is important to know how democratic politics affect
inequality and how inequality shapes democratic politics.

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