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...

This paper presents the impact of income inequality on the subjective wellbeing of three different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, "born" urban residents, and "acquired" urban residents who had changed their hukou...

This paper examines the relationship between city size, migration, and urban income inequality using the 1% sample of the 2005 Census in the People's Republic of China (PRC). We calculate various measures of within-city income inequality for 252 PRC cities. It is found that city income...