Rising inequality in China : challenges to a harmonious society / Li Shi, Beijing Normal University, China, Hiroshi Sato, Hitotsubashi University, Japan, Terry Sicular, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shi, Li, 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--China.

Equality.

China--Social policy--21st century.

China.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 499 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, a sequel to Inequality and Public Policy in China (2008), examines the evolution of inequality in China from 2002 to 2007, a period when the new 'harmonious society' development strategy was adopted under Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. It fills a gap in knowledge about the outcomes of this development strategy for equity and inequality. Drawing on original information collected from the recent two waves of nationwide household surveys conducted by the China Household Income Project, this book provides a detailed overview of recent trends in income inequality and cutting-edge analysis of key factors underlying such trends. Topics covered include inequality in education, changes in homeownership and the distribution of housing wealth, the evolution of the migrant labor market, disparities between public and non-public sectors, patterns of work and non-work, gender, ethnicity, and the impacts of public policies such as reforms in taxation and social welfare programs.

Contents:

Rising inequality in China: key issues and findings / Li Shi, Hiroshi Sato, and Terry Sicular

Overview: Income inequality and poverity in China, 2002-2007 / Li Shi, Luo Chuliang, and Terry Sicular

Housing Ownership, incomes, and inequality in China, 2002-2007 / Hiroshi Sato, Terry Sicular, and Yue Ximing

Educational inequality in China: The intergenerational dimension / John Knight, Terry Sicular and Yue Ximinhg

Inequality and poverity in rural China / Luo Chuliang and Terry Sicular

The evolution of the migrant labor market in China, 2002-2007 / John Knight, Deng Quheng and Li Shi

A new episode of increased urban income inequality in China / Deng Quheng and Bjorn̈ Gustafsson

Unemployment and the rising number of nonworkers in urban China: causes and distributional consequences / Bjorn̈ and Ding Sai

Do employees in the public sector still enjoy earnings advantages? / Yang Juan, Sylvie Deḿurger and Li Shi

Redistributive impacts of the personal income in urban China / Xu Jing and Yue Ximimg

Changes in gender-wage gap in urban China, 1995-2007 / Li Shi and Song Jin

Intertemporal changes in ethic urban earnings disparities in China / Luo Chuliang, Li Shi, Terry Sicular, Deng Quheng and Yue Ximing.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89031-X

1-107-52926-3

1-107-25072-2

1-107-24989-9

1-139-03505-3

1-107-24823-X

1-107-24740-3

1-107-24906-6

OCLC:

852158457