Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …

Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …

in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and … researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …

(PIT) in China beginning in 1997. We find that the average tax rate plays a larger role in determining the income … loser before 2005, but it benefited from the PIT policy reform. A cross-country comparison shows that China has a lower PIT … burden and higher progressivity than developed countries; in fact, China's levels of progressivity and tax burden are similar …

China (PRC) since 2008 and inquires whether the decline indicates that the PRC's income inequality has peaked following the …