Accounting for changes in income inequality in China, 2002–2018: evidence from household survey data
Juzhong Zhuang,
Peng Zhan,
Shi Li
Abstract:This paper examines causes behind recent changes in income inequality in China, especially its moderation since 2008, using household survey data and decomposition analyses. It is found that, by income sources, contributors to the moderation in inequality were wage income, pension, and other transfers, offset somewhat by the inequality‐increasing effect of changes in net farm and nonfarm business incomes, net asset income, imputed rent, and personal income tax and social security contribution. By household cha… Show more
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