Changing Trends in China's Inequality : Evidence, Analysis, and Prospects - Terry Sicular

Changing Trends in China's Inequality

Evidence, Analysis, and Prospects

By: Terry Sicular (Editor), Shi Li (Editor), Ximing Yue (Editor), Hiroshi Sato (Editor)

Hardcover | 14 May 2020

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Over the past quarter-century China has seen a dramatic increase in income inequality, prompting a shift in China's development strategy and the adoption of an array of new policies to redistribute income, promote shared growth, and establish a social safety net. Drawing on of household-level data from the China Household Income Project, Changing Trends in China's Inequality provides an independent, comprehensive, and empirically grounded study of the evolution of incomes and inequality in China over time. Edited by leading experts on the Chinese economy, the volume analyzes this evolution in China as a whole as well as in the urban and rural sectors, with close attention to measurement issues and to shifts in the economy, institutions, and public policy. Specific essays provides analyses of China's wealth inequality, the emergence of a new middle class, the income gap between the Han majority and the ethnic minorities, the gender wage gap, and the impacts of government policies
such as social welfare programs and the minimum wage.
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"Through the full utilisation of the wealth of CHIP data, the volume investigates a wide-range of income distribution issues and provides a nuanced discussion of multiple dimensions of economic inequality during the Hu-Wen era. The findings provide important insights into the historical trajectory of inequality in China, which can inform current policy debates aimed at narrowing the income divide" -- Yei-Whei Lin, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities "This volume is a must-read for scholars interested in social and economic policies in China and Chinese social dynamics in general. With every chapter providing elaborate but accessible methodological discussions, the book also offers a prospectus of measures and methods to early-stage researchers in the field of inequality studies." -- Maarten Loopmans, Eurasian Geography and Economics

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