Social Sciences
4 years ago

China's Income Inequality Soars: Rural-Urban Gap Widens, Urban Consumption Affected

Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UCB
China's Income Distribution over Time: Reasons for Rising Inequality
Ximing Wu, Jeffrey M. Perloff

Paper Summary

The article examines China's income distribution from 1985 to 2001. Inequality has increased in both rural and urban areas, with the rural-urban income gap playing a significant role. In the United States, inequality growth is mainly within rural and urban areas. Urban consumption inequality has also risen notably.

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