A Tale of Transition : An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in Urban China, 1986-2009 »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2016/239
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Haiyan Ding , and Hui He
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 December 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475560008.001
ISBN: 9781475560008
Keywords: Time series, China, People's Republic of, Consumption distribution, Transition economies, Income distribution, China, Asia and Pacific, Household expenditures, Household survey data, Income inequality
This paper is the first comprehensive empirical study of earnings, income, and consumption inequality in urban China from 1986 to 2009, using unique micro-level data from the Urban Household Survey (UHS). The paper...