This paper provides new estimates of the evolution of pay inequality in China, overall and by region and sector, from … China's overall pay inequality started to rise rapidly in the early 1990s, that it peaked in 2008, with the between …-sector inequality both showing steady declines. In these respects, the evolution of pay inequality in China mirrors the trajectory …

The path of income inequality in post-reform China has been widely interpreted as "China's Kuznets curve." We show that … agrarian policy reforms. Our findings warn against any presumption that the Kuznets process will assure that China has passed …

versus China, in assessing the detail of the contribution of sectoral mean and inequality evolution to overall inequality …

The path of income inequality in post-reform China has been widely interpreted as “China’s Kuznets curve.” We show that … agrarian policy reforms. Our findings warn against any presumption that the Kuznets process will assure that China has passed …