Urban inequality in China

Xueliang Liu

Chapter 12 in Handbook on Inequality in China, 2025, pp 274-296 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: With the ongoing process of urbanization, urban income distribution, particularly urban inequality, is becoming increasingly significant in China's overall income distribution landscape. This chapter reviews the general situation of urban income inequality in China since the onset of reform and opening up and introduces findings from analyses using survey data like CHIP. It highlights that urban inequality has progressively increased since the reform era, though the driving forces and mechanisms behind them vary across different periods. Additionally, this chapter investigates several specific dimensions of urban income inequality, including income inequality between industries (between monopolistic and competitive sectors), inequality between the public and private sectors, and inequality between migrant workers and local urban workers.

Keywords: Urban inequality; Income quintile data; CHIP; Monopolistic industries; Public sector; Migrant workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035317790
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