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Overview: incomes and inequality in China, 2007-2013

Luo, Chuliang; Sicular, Terry; Li, Shi - 2017

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

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The increasing inequality of wealth in China, 2002-2013

Knight, John B.; Li, Shi; Wan, Haiyuan - 2017

The inequality of wealth in China has increased rapidly in recent years. Prior to 1978 all Chinese households possessed … negligible wealth. China therefore presents a fascinating case study of how inequality of household wealth increases as economic … decomposed using data from two national sample surveys of the China Household Income Project (CHIP) relating to 2002 and 2013 …

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Consumption inequality in urban China, 1995-2013

Xia, Qingjie; Li, Shi; Song, Lina - 2017

We use CHIP data from 1995, 2002, and 2013 to investigate inequality in urban household consumption expenditures. Overall inequality in urban household consumption expenditures measured by the Gini coefficient decreased slightly from 0.33 in 1995 to 0.32 in 2002, but it increased to 0.36 in...

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The effects of minimum wage on wage distribution in urban China : evidence from the CHIP data

Ma, Xinxin; Li, Shi - 2017

Using data from the China Household Income Project, this study analyzes the effects of minimum wage policy on wage … distribution in urban China from 1993 to 2013. Several major conclusions emerge from this research. First, with respect to the …

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Top incomes in China : data collection and the impact on income inequality

Li, Qinghai; Li, Shi; Wan, Haiyuan - 2018

With the data on the top incomes collected from different sources, we combine the samples of the top incomes with a household survey to investigate changes in the income distribution with and without the top incomes. The Gini coefficient of income inequality using household survey data is 0.464...

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The long-term evolution of income inequality and poverty in China

Luo, Chuliang; Li, Shi; Sicular, Terry - 2018

By using the five waves of the China Household Income Project surveys conducted during 1988-2013, this paper … investigates long-term changes in income inequality and poverty in China. Income inequality rose before 2007 and then fell by a … also indicates a considerable poverty reduction during China's economic transition, mainly because of the growth effect of …