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TYPES OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA AT THE END OF THE 1980s

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  • Björn Gustafsson
  • Li Shi

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Using a nationwide household income survey, different types of income in the People's Republic of China at the end of the 1980s is analysed. The results show that various income types play quite different roles in rural and urban areas. Subsistence income makes up about half of the total income in rural China. Money income makes up about two‐thirds of total income in urban China and is the major contributor to inequality in the entire country. In kind income, of which highly subsidized housing is the single most important category, is highly concentrated in urban areas and contributes greatly to inequality.

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  • Björn Gustafsson & Li Shi, 1997. "TYPES OF INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA AT THE END OF THE 1980s," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 43(2), pages 211-226, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:43:y:1997:i:2:p:211-226
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1997.tb00215.x
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    1. Okushima, Shinichiro & Uchimura, Hiroko, 2005. "Economic Reforms and Income Inequality in Urban China," IDE Discussion Papers 25, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    2. Xin Meng, 2004. "Economic Restructuring and Income Inequality in Urban China," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 50(3), pages 357-379, September.
    3. Schultz, T. Paul, 2003. "Human Resources in China: The Birth Quota, Returns to Schooling, and Migration," Center Discussion Papers 28437, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
    4. Zhicheng Liang, 2006. "Financial Development And Income Distribution: A System Gmm Panel Analysis With Application To Urban China," Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics, vol. 31(2), pages 1-21, December.
    5. Xiaobing Wang & Jenifer Piesse, 2009. "Welfare Effects of Regressive Taxation and Subsidies in China," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 10809, GDI, The University of Manchester.

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