Income inequality in today's China

Using multiple data sources, we establish that China's income inequality since 2005 has reached very high levels, with the Gini coefficient in the range of 0.53-0.55. Analyzing comparable survey data collected in 2010 in China and the United States, we examine social determinants that help expl...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 111; no. 19; p. 6928
Main Authors:	Xie, Yu, Zhou, Xiang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 13.05.2014
Subjects:	China Data Collection Economic Development - trends Humans Income - trends Models, Economic Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Social Change Socioeconomic Factors Urban Population - statistics & numerical data China
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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