The distribution of land in rural China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2159017
AutoresTerry Mckinley (American University), Keith Griffin (University of California, Riverside)
Ano1993
Volume21
Fascículo1
Páginas71-84
Data de publicação1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066159308438538
OpenAlexW2096808554
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas6

The article contains data on landholdings from a nationwide sample survey of 10,258 rural households in China in 1988. Analysis of the data reveals that the distribution of land in physical units is relatively equal by international standards and that the distribution of land value is exceptionally equal. Moreover, the distribution of landed wealth compensates for inequalities in the distribution of other rural assets and as a consequence the distribution of total wealth is remarkably equal. However, land is not an important determinant of income. The landless are not necessarily poor nor are the large landholders necessarily rich

Agricultural economics · China · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Sample (material · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Survey sampling · Wealth distribution · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demography · Mathematics · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis