Income distribution in the Chinese economy: Recent trends and challenges
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-5-2012
Abstract
This paper examines the recent trends in regional income disparity and urban-rural income inequality in the Chinese economy. It finds that the income disparity between the eastern and western region had declined, but the urban-rural income inequality continued to rise in all four regions during the period under consideration. Moreover, the urban-rural income disparity increased more rapidly in the eastern region than in the western region, which was attributable to a slowdown of rural income growth in the eastern region. From a policy perspective, it is important to develop a dynamic agricultural sector to enable faster growth of rural household income.
Publication Title
Asian Social Science
First Page Number
3
Last Page Number
11
DOI
10.5539/ass.v8n1p3
Recommended Citation
Tan, Li, "Income distribution in the Chinese economy: Recent trends and challenges" (2012). Kean Publications. 2178.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2178