Using new household survey data for 1995 and 2002, we investigate the size of China’s urban-rural income gap, the gap …’s contribution to overall inequality in China, and the factors underlying the gap. Our analysis improves on past estimates by using a … substantially reduce China’s urban-rural income gap and its contribution to inequality. Nevertheless, the gap remains large and has …

his 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 …