This paper analyses political elites, economic elites, hybrid elite households and non-elite households in rural China … in rural China would decrease only marginally if such disparities were to vanish. In contrast the spatial dimension is … much more important for income inequality and for wealth inequality in rural China. -- China ; elites ; cadre …

The gender wage gap and its development in urban China is analysed utilising two large scale surveys covering 10 … China appears to be relatively small. It is, however, increasing. Decompositions based on estimated regression-models show …

It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from … nationally representative China Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys, conducted for the years 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2013 … analysis of this Element is closely related to, and largely caused by, China's remarkable economic growth and income …

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 …

This chapter seeks to throw new light on the emergence of the Chinese economic middle class using data from the China … Household Income Project from 2002, 2007, and 2013. We find that between 2002 and 2013 China's income distribution was … rich if living in a high-income country, we find that the share of China's population that was middle class was extremely …