An Empirical Analysis of Income Inequality between a Minority and the Majority in Urban China

The Case of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Bibliographic Data

ID8085244
AuthorsLi Shi (0000-0002-0098-4607, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China), Shi Li (0000-0001-9070-3655, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author), Siyuan Ding (0000-0003-1802-5743, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, corresponding author), Ding Sai (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China)
Year2013
Volume40
Issue3
Pages341-355
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1007/s12114-013-9159-5
OpenAlexW1568734109
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited4

Based on 2006 urban survey data of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, this paper studies the impact of ethnic characteristics on the region's income determination mechanism. Using the decomposition methods of Blinder and Oaxaca, Fields, and Morduch and Sicular, we analyze income gaps between employed Hui and Han as well as income inequality within the two groups. The main conclusions are that there is almost no income gap between Han and Hui in Ningxia, but different ethnic characteristics affect the income determination mechanism. Ethnic factors such as religion and social capital have no obvious effect on the income determination

Affect (linguistics · China · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Political science · Social capital · Social inequality · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

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