摘要：This paper uses income decomposition techniques to demonstrate theimportance of livestock income in improving rural income distribution. It is based onthree-year household panel data (1986 to 1989) from rural Pakistan. The paper firstdecomposes total income among five sources: agricultural, nonfarm, livestock, rentaland transfer. This shows that livestock income is inequality-decreasing and that itmakes the smallest contribution to overall inequality. The study then decomposes thesources of livestock inequality by type of animal. While livestock income from maleanimals has a negative impact on equity, livestock income from one female animal(local cow) has a positive effect.
