This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty 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...

This paper studies the impact of income inequality on the subjective well-being of different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, quot;bornquot; urban residents, and quot;acquiredquot; urban residents who once changed...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- One Rising Inequality in China -- I. Introduction -- II. The Policy Context -- A. Social Welfare and Social Security Programs -- B. Employment Policy: Labor-Market Policies and...