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A little information is available on the distribution of farm household income even though Korean rural society has experienced a number of socio-economic changes that have undoubtedly influenced the distribution of income among farm households. In this paper, using annual data on farm household from the Farm. Household Economy Survey, the degree of overall income inequality are assessed for 1991 to 2002 with different inequality index and the relative influence of income components to the overall inequality is evaluated as well. Results show that (1) farm household income became more inequally distributed for the period, and (2) inequality contribution of off-farm income among income components was on the rise in recent years.
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