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In this chapter we examine trends in China's household incomes, income distribution and inequality for China as a whole … estimates show a decline in national inequality from 2007 to 2013. This decline is robust to alternative income definitions and … different inequality indexes. The decline reflects reductions in important dimensions of inequality including the rural …
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In this paper we describe the major trends in China's income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the …, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition … inequality through social and welfare policies. …
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Using data from the urban household surveys of the China Household Income Project for the years 1995, 2002, 2007 and 2013, we provide consistent estimates of the gender wage gap in urban China and investigate those factors that have contributed to this gap. Similar to past studies, we find a...
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Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
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Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
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Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
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Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
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