Abstract: This paper attempts to analyze the effects of zakat distribution on income inequality and welfare aspects of the poor Muslim society in Malaysia. The population of the study is the poor and hardcore poor of the zakat recipients in Selangor. Exploring the cross sectional micro level data of nine districts in Selangor, Malaysia, this study adopted Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient to represent positive measures of income inequality. However, these measures do not take into account the welfare effects of the distribution to the society. Hence, Atk...
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Public economics
Econometrics
Demographic economics