一、引言泰国的收入不均程度在六十年代和七十年代期间究竟是降低了还是升高了呢?这在目前还难以下结论。本文的意旨是介绍几种衡量收入分配均匀程度的方法以及泰国的区域间收入差异情况。东南亚国家有关收入数量分配的研究状况虽然现在已有很大的改观,但在七十年代以前却远远落后于世界其它地区。1970年,大岛在《收入不均与经济增长:亚洲国家的战后经历》一文中分析了泰国和其它东亚与东南亚国家的收入分配情况。他的研究结果 I. Introduction Thailand’s income inequality actually dropped or even increased during the 1960s and 1970s? It is still hard to draw a conclusion so far. The purpose of this article is to introduce several methods for measuring the distribution of income distribution and the regional differences in income in Thailand. Although the research on the distribution of incomes in Southeast Asian countries has greatly changed now, it lagged far behind the rest of the world by the 1970s. In 1970, Oshima analyzed income distribution in Thailand and other East and South-East Asian countries in his article “Income inequality and economic growth: the postwar experiences of Asian countries.” His research results