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1、中文3070字本科毕业设计(论文)外文翻译外文题目:Income,Consumption,AndpovertyinKorea出处:SocialIndicatorsResearch,2003,no.62作者:JoungwooleeINCOME,CONSUMPTION,ANDPOVERTYINKOREAJOUNG-WOOLEEABSTRACT:ThisarticleexamineschangesineconomicwelfarewithinKoreaintermsofincome,consumption,andpoverty.Analysesofgover
2、nmentstatisticsrevealthatithasbeenextraordinarilysuccessfulinraisingtheaveragelevelofbothincomeandconsumption,whilereducingtheincidenceofpovertyduringthelastfourdecades.Inreducingtheunequaldistributionofincomeduringthesameperiod,however,thecountryhasbeenmuchlesssuccessful.Inthea
3、ftermathofthe1997economiccrises,thelevelofpovertyhasrisenduetosharpincreasesinunemployment.ThelivesofthepoorareatrisksincethesocialsafetynetsysteminKoreaisonlyminimal.Theheavyconcentrationoflandandwealthinafewhandsisamajorobstacletothefurtherenhancementofthequalityofeconomiclife
4、amongtheKoreanpeople.ThispaperexaminesthechangingqualityofeconomiclifeespeciallyamongKoreanworkerswithsystematicanalysesoftimeseriesdataonincome,consumption,andpoverty.Theanalysesarebasedontwoassumptions.ThefirstiswhatJohnRawlscharacterizesas“maximinprinciple,”i.e.,thequalityofl
5、ifeinagivensocietycannotberegardedassatisfactorywhensomeofitscitizensareinamiserablestateoflife.ThesecondpremiseisthatKoreanworkershaveyettoreceivetheirfairshareofeconomicdevelopment,althoughitisinternationallyregardedasmoreequitablethanwhatisobservedinotherdevelopingcountriesIN
6、COMEGROWTHKoreahasdisplayedunprecedentedrapideconomicgrowthfromthemid-1960supuntilthelate1990s,whenanabrupteconomiccrisishitthecountry.Percapitanationalincomeincreased80-foldfromU.S.$125in1966tooverU.S.$10000in1995.ThiskindofrapideconomicgrowthcouldbefoundonlyinfewEastAsiancount
7、rieslikeHongKong,Singapore,andTaiwan.AnothernotablefeatureofeconomicgrowthinKoreaisthatithasnotbeenaccompaniedbyaworseningdistributionofincome,aswitnessedinmanyLatinAmericancountriesINCOMEDISTRIBUTIONIndividualscholarsandresearchinstituteshavereportedthatincomedistributioninKore
8、ahasimprovedduringthelastcoupleofdecades.TheKor