When Gini coefficients are decomposed by class (e.g. occupation, sex, region, and so on, it is possible to examine how income inequality can be measured by its class components: intra-class, inter-class and overlapped. In the literature, there have been many studies on the decomposition...

YAO S. and L IU J. (1998) Economic reforms and regional segmentation in rural China, Reg. Studies 32, 735-746. Strong growth in agriculture, industries and services in rural China over the last 18 years has been accompanied by increased spatial income inequality. This paper investigates how...