Arbeitspapier
The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround
This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing and even turning down. The argument is made using a range of data sources and a range of measures and perspectives on inequality. The evolution of inequality is further examined through decomposition by income source and population subgroups. Preliminary explanations are provided for these trends in terms of shifts in policy and structural transformation of the Chinese economy. The narrative on Chinese inequality now needs to focus on the reasons for this great turnaround.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10635
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
- Subject
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Chinese inequality turnaround
inequality data
inequality trends
inequality and structural transformation
harmonious development and government policy
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Kanbur, Ravi
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Xiaobo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2017
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Kanbur, Ravi
- Wang, Yue
- Zhang, Xiaobo
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2017
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