Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality in China: Evidence from the Chinese Household Income Project

Zehua Jiang () and Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay ()
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Zehua Jiang: Queen Mary University of London
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay: Queen Mary University of London

Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2024, vol. 248, issue 1, 73-90

Abstract: We document intergenerational mobility in the income distribution in China, using Chinese Household Income Project survey data from the 1990s till 2013. To obtain a robust picture of mobility, we use several measures of mobility: from the most commonly used intergenerational income elasticity to the innovative rank mobility measures. We then estimate quantile regressions to capture variation along the income distribution. Conclusively, our results suggest higher dependence of children’s income on parental income for lower income generational pairs, indicating challenges to promote upward mobility and reducing inequality.

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Inequality; Quantile regressions; Rank mobility; China. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 D31 D63 J62 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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