Types of Income and Inequality in China at the End of the 1980s.
Using a nationwide household income survey, different types of income in the People's Republic of China at the end of the 1980s is analyzed. The results show that various income types play quite different roles in rural and urban areas. Subsistence income makes up about half of the total income in rural China. Money income makes up about two-thirds of total income in urban China and is the major contributor to inequality in the entire country. In kind income, of which highly subsidized housing is the single most important category, is highly concentrated in urban areas and contributes greatly to inequality. Copyright 1997 by The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.
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1997
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Authors: | Gustafsson, Bjorn ; Shi, Li |
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Review of Income and Wealth. - International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - IARIW. - Vol. 43.1997, 2, p. 211-26
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International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - IARIW |
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