Title: The Change of Income Structure and the Evolution of Regional Disparity in Rural Area of China
Abstract:Some studies show that,the regional inequality of rural residents in China hasn't been increasing continually during Reform and Open era.This paper gives some explanations from the perspective of the ...Some studies show that,the regional inequality of rural residents in China hasn't been increasing continually during Reform and Open era.This paper gives some explanations from the perspective of the change of income structure.By decomposing Change of Gini Coefficient between 1995 and 2007,this paper finds that,after 1995,the degree of inequality of income from family management and its components has decreased,which is the reason for this phenomenon.Meanwhile,wage inequality's decrease contributes much to it.With further analysis,the paper proposes that,in the future,the main way of alleviating inequality of rural residents of China is to decrease the degree of inequality of wage.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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