Causes of inequalities in China, 1952 to 1999

Ajit S. Bhalla, Shujie Yao and Zongyi Zhang
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Ajit S. Bhalla: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, Postal: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Shujie Yao: Middlesex University Business School, London, UK, Postal: Middlesex University Business School, London, UK
Zongyi Zhang: Chongqing University, China, Postal: Chongqing University, China

Journal of International Development, 2003, vol. 15, issue 8, 939-955

Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive picture of inequality in China on the basis of provincial data. It decomposes overall inequalities into intra and inter components. Rural-urban inequality dominated overall inequality in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Meanwhile, in recent years inter-regional inequality has grown rapidly and become an important component of inequality. We find that the pattern of inequality is quite different in the pre-reform and reform periods. Our results show that overall inequality in China is large by international standards and that it has grown worse during the past half century. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1033

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