This paper investigates some major changes in the wealth distribution in China using the data from two national … distribution in China as a whole became much more unequal in 2002 than it was in 1995. The housing reform, in which public …

This paper tests using survey data from China whether individual health is associated with income and community …-level income inequality. Although poor health and high inequality are key features of many developing countries, most of the …-reported health status increases with per capita income, but at a decreasing rate. Controlling for per capita income, we find an …

domestic firms. We conclude that reducing the level and incidence of bribery by public officials would facilitate a more …

the role of (income) inequality in poverty reduction. The evidence involves both an indirect channel via the tendency of … high inequality to decrease the rate at which income is transformed to poverty reduction and the tendency of rising … headcount measure of poverty as the dependent variable and the Gini coefficient and PPP-adjusted mean income as explanatory …