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 …

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 …

which share in common their use of household data from the latest round of the China Household Income Project (CHIP) survey … to analyze recent trends in inequality in China. We begin with an overview of relevant economic and policy developments … in China and discuss data and measurement issues. We discuss our central estimates of national income inequality based on …

In this chapter we examine trends in China's household incomes, income distribution and inequality for China as a whole …

In this paper we describe the major trends in China's income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the …