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 … reforms take place, marketization occurs, and capital accumulates. Wealth inequality and its growth are measured and …

-- Household debts -- Insurance and social welfare -- Expenditure and income -- Household wealth. … of Chinese households’ demographics, housing and financial assets, debt and credit constraints, income and expenditures … vivid picture of wealth disparity, real estate market developments, social welfare status, household financial behaviors and …

show that nomenclatures in some regions successfully converted their political power into personal wealth by acquiring … inequality among private entrepreneurs, with former nomenclatures at the top of the social hierarchy in post-reform China …