The Income Redistribution Effect of Government Transfer Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21489277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jing Xu (0000-0001-7414-9383, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Xu Jing (0000-0002-2972-4892, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Meng Cai (0000-0001-6308-7105, Minzu University of China), Cai Meng (Minzu University of China), Ximing Yue (0000-0003-3732-4204, Renmin University of China), Yue Ximing (Renmin University of China) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-99 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences in China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0252-9203 • E-ISSN: 1940-5952 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02529203.2019.1674035 |
| OpenAlex | W3010696582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The use of the trajectory of the Gini coefficient of total income formed by the increase in transfer income combined with the minimum Gini coefficient curve enables us to provide a comprehensive examination of the effect of government income redistribution policies, measure the efficiency of transfer income for income redistribution, and redress the methodological defects of research using the MT index and Gini coefficient decomposition. The findings of our new method of estimation show that China’s social security expenditure can reduce the income gap, but its efficiency in terms of redistribution is relatively low and has already passed the turning point of the Gini coefficient trajectory, resulting in some people being “over-allocated.” Readjusting the distribution of governmental transfers can help lower the Gini coefficient of residents’ total income
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Gini coefficient · Income distribution · Inequality · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Redistribution of income and wealth · Transfer payment · Welfare · Computer Science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |