There are two main types of data sources of income distributions in China: household survey data and grouped data … grouped data to study income inequality in China. A generalized beta distribution is employed to model income inequality in … China at various levels and periods of time. The generalized beta distribution is more general and flexible than the …

Using new household survey data for 1995 and 2002, we investigate the size of China's urban-rural income gap, the gap …'s contribution to overall inequality in China, and the factors underlying the gap. Our analysis improves on past estimates by using a … substantially reduce China's urban-rural income gap and its contribution to inequality. Nevertheless, the gap remains large and has …