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Using the distribution of household income, not of individual income, the authors present measurements of income distribution and regional income disparity in Thailand. The results of the study reveal that income inequality in the country was stable until 1975 after which it increased significantly and also that regional disparity and disparity between areas declined during the 1960s and 1970s. Income inequalities in some other Asian countries are briefly mentioned. (DÜI-Sen)

China's domestic migration in recent years has featured the migration of working-aged workers from the rural areas to cities and from the poor regions to the rich ones. As a result, the poor regions saw their elderly dependency ratios as well as median population age rise faster than that in the rich regions. This phenomenon of "youth drain" has profound impact on interregional disparity.

This study examines intra-regional disparity and municipal merger in Fukuoka Prefecture. Fukuoka Prefecture (Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. It faces the sea on three sides, bordering on Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures and facing Yamaguchi Prefecture across the Kanmon Straits. It is also located near the Korean peninsula. It includes two government-designated major cities: the Fukuoka city, the capital and central city in Fukuoka Prefecture, and the Kitakyushu city, a big city with a population of about one million. They include much of Kyushufs industry The history of the municipal merger is long and the municipal organization and municipality organization enforcement in Fukuoka Prefecture is started on April 1, 1889 (Meiji era). After enforcement, many municipal mergers and other self-governing bodies have so far been performed. Especially, after entering in the 21st century, it decreased about 1/3 times. Now, there are 60 municipalities (28 cities, 30 towns and 2 villages). These 60 municipalities are classified into 15 areas (Fukuoka, Chikushi, Kasuya, Munakata, Itoshima, Asakura, Kitakyushu, Onga, Kyouchiku, Yame, Kurume, Ariake, Chikuhou, Iiduka, and Tagawa). However, the possibility of municipal merger still can be considered. One of reason is the problem of low birthrate and longevity of population. The other reason is the problem of fiscal deficit. Furthermore, the federal system (Dou Shu-sei) aiming at wide area regional integration is also related. In this study, the municipal merger is considered from a viewpoint of the regional disparity. First, the income disparity of 60 municipalities and 15 areas is analyzed. Theil index is adopted to interpret evidence. It can decompose samples and investigate the factor analysis of regional disparities. In this case, it can be analyzed inter-area disparity as well as municipalities and area level disparity. Second, same analysis is conducted from industrial structure. It is divided into 8 industries (Agriculture, Manufacture, Construction, Trade, Service, Other private sector, Government sector, and Non-profit sector). For understanding the evidence, we suggest simple index which carried out indexation of the difference in a share for comparing the industrial structure between municipalities (areas). Through these evidences, it is examined whether it should unify in the area.

With rapid economic growth, China has undergone substantial social, cultural and ideological transformations over the recent decades. In the meantime, trends in China's family structure have changed dramatically as well. However, due to data limitations, research on trends in divorce has been very rare in China; especially the quantitative studies at the macrolevel. The literature indicates that despite the very low divorce rate from the 1960s to the 1970s, China's divorce rate has increased greatly in recent decades, but this increase has been uneven in both space and time. Therefore, this paper analyzes trends in China's divorce rate at the national, regional and provincial levels. The research results suggest that China's divorce rate has witnessed a steady and noticeable increase in the recent two decades, with the Crude Divorce Rate (CDR) increasing by 178% and Refined Divorce Rate (RDR) increasing by 211%. Among the four provincial-level municipalities, Chongqing shows strikingly high divorce rates, whereas the divorce rates of Beijing and Shanghai have leveled off in recent years. Among all the provincial level units, the Moslem-majority Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ranks first, whereas Tibet ranks last.