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The long-term evolution of income inequality and poverty in China

Year: 2018

Type: book

Abstract: By using the five waves of the China Household Income Project surveys conducted during 1988–2013, this paper investigates long-term changes in income inequality and poverty in China. Income inequality rose before 2007 and then fell by a small amount. The main reason for the rise in income inequality was that high-income percentiles had faster income growth than lower percentiles; the fall in income inequality implies faster income growth among low-income percentiles. The paper also indicates a considerable poverty reduction during China’s economic transition, mainly because of the growth effect of poverty decomposition.

Source: Working Paper Series

DOI: 10.35188/unu-wider/2018/595-4

Authors: Luo Chuliang, Li Shi, Terry Sicular

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research

OpenAlex ID: W2970144804