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Government redistribution policy slashes income inequality in urban areas by half.

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An Empirical Review on the Effect of Government Redistribution Policy on the Inequality in the Income of Urban Residents
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The study looked at how government policies affect income inequality in cities. They used a measure called Theil index to analyze income inequality before and after government redistribution policies. The results showed that taxes and transfer payments helped reduce income inequality between 2005 and 2007. Transfer payments had a bigger impact than direct taxes, and the effects varied between different regions.