Inequality and Labour Income Share in Southeast Asia

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Program

08:30 – Registration and welcoming session

09:00 – Introduction by Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux (CASE, CNRS) and Nitin Bharti (WIL, NYU Abu Dhabi)

09:05 – Part I. Measuring economic inequality and labour income shares in Southeast Asia

• Consumption Inequality in Asia: an Overview, 1980s-2020
  Nitin Kumar Bharti (WIL, NYU Abu Dhabi)
• Unearthing the Pyramid: New Insights into Income Inequality in the Philippines from Survey and Tax Microdata
  Clarice Colleen Manuel (Université de Namur)
• Income Inequality in Vietnam
  Giang Thanh Long (National Economics University, Vietnam)
• Income Inequality in Thailand, 1975-2021: Evidences from Distributional National Accounts
  Thanasak Jenmana (WIL, Thammasat University, Thailand)

11:00 – Part II. Labour Income Shares in Southeast Asia

• Labour Shares in Southeast Asia and the World: Insights from World Inequality Databases
  Jonas Dietrich (WIL, PSE)
• Explaining the Persistently Low Labour Income Shares in Malaysia: the State Capitalism Hypothesis Explored from Government Linked Companies Accounts
  Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux (CNRS), Shazrul Suhaimi (Khazanah Research Institute, Malaysia), Khor Yuleng (Segi Enam, Singapore), Claudia Nyon (Segi Enam)

11:45 – Part III. Comparing Lessons from China and India

• Exploring Inequality Dynamics in China and India: How Billion-Person Economies Navigate Growth in the 21st Century
  Nitin Kumar Bharti (WIL, NYU Abu Dhabi)

12:20 – General discussions and wrap-up

12:30 – Lunch at Parc Montsouris

List of participants

Invited researchers

• Nitin Kumar Bharti (WIL, New York University, Abu Dhabi)
• Thanasak Jenmana (WIL, PSE, Thammasat University, Thailand)
• Gian Thanh Long (National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam)
• Clarice Colleen Manuel (Université de Namur, Belgium)
• Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux (INALCO, Centre Asie du Sud-Est, CNRS)
• Shazrul Suhaimi (Khazanah Research Institute, Malaysia)
• Li Yang (ZEW–Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Germany)
• Khor Yuleng (Segi Enam, Singapore)
• Xuân Hung Lê (Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam)
• Thuy Tiên Ðoàn Ngọc (Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam)

Research assistants

• Claudia Nyon (Segi Enam, Singapore)
• Jonas Dietrich (WIL, PSE)

Local contact (Paris)

Marius Bazart (IEP, Lyon, CASE, CNRS)
marius.bazart@sciencespo-lyon.fr

This event is organized by the Centre Asie du Sud-Est, the CNRS and the World Inequality Lab, with the support of the ASEAN-China Norms international research network.