How large is income inequality in China
Assessment on different estimates of Gini coefficient
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12917877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ximing Yue (0000-0003-3732-4204, Renmin University of China), Shi Li (0000-0001-9070-3655, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author), Xia Gao (0000-0001-7741-5712, Henan University of Economic and Law) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 113-122 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | China Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-8963 • E-ISSN: 1753-8971 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17538963.2013.861625 |
| OpenAlex | W2030528624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The rising income inequality in China has attracted social attentions, especially since SWUFE published the unbelievably high Gini coefficient in December 2012. In order to answer the question how large income inequality in current China is, this paper compares existing different Gini coefficients estimated from four different household surveys, which are the NBS household survey, the CHIP survey, the CHFS of SWUFE, and the CFPS of Peking University, and then assesses these household surveys themselves. The relevant evidences indicate that the national Gini coefficient in current China is between 0.47~0.52. The sampling defects of the CHFS are significantly major and that the national Gini coefficient of 0.61 published by SWUFE is seriously overestimated
China · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Gini coefficient · Household income · Inequality · Order (exchange · Statistics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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