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Income and consumption inequality in China : a comparative approach with India
Gradín, Carlos; Wu, Binbin - 2019
We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than expenditure in India, especially at the top of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098401
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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 … to a greater extent. However, the percentile ratio of p90/p10 shows that consumption inequality always increased. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876575
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Migrant labor markets and the welfare of rural households in the developing world: Evidence from China
De Brauw, Alan; Giles, John T. - 2012
In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural … China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and … that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287598
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Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China
de Brauw, Alan; Giles, John T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural … China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and … that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010675506
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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 … to a greater extent. However, the percentile ratio of p90/p10 shows that consumption inequality always increased. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878844
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Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter F. - 2022
Panel data are rarely available for developing countries. Departing from traditional pseudo-panel methods that require multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470719
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Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections
Dang, Hai-Anh; Lanjouw, Peter F. - 2022
Panel data are rarely available for developing countries. Departing from traditional pseudo-panel methods that require multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296571
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Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India
Gradín, Carlos; Wu, Binbin - 2019
We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than expenditure in India, especially at the top of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146542
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Measuring poverty dynamics with synthetic panels based on repeated cross-sections
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2022
Panel data are rarely available for developing countries. Departing from traditional pseudo-panel methods that require multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470897
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Measuring poverty dynamics with synthetic panels based on repeated cross-sections
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2022
Panel data are rarely available for developing countries. Departing from traditional pseudo-panel methods that require multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471982