Handbook on inequality in China / edited by Björn Gustafsson (Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), Germany) and Xiuna Yang (Senior Research Fellow, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), China).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gustafsson, Björn, editor.

Yang, Xiuna, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar handbooks on inequality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Government policy--China.

Equality.

Income distribution--China.

Income distribution.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Handbook addresses a wide range of issues concerning inequality in contemporary China and its recent past. It covers diverse forms of inequality faced by Chinese citizens, from wage and income disparities to employment, education, the role of social insurance and public revenues. Bj©·orn Gustafsson and Xiuna Yang bring together a range of leading specialists from China and the wider global community to discuss the country's profound transformation since the late 1980s. They outline how China has transitioned from a low-income country to an upper middle-income country, illustrating its shift from a planned economy to one in which the state plays a considerably smaller role. Contributing authors explore China's rapid urbanization and the impact of this on living standards and the well-being of citizens. The Handbook also examines educational access and child inequality, delving into recent policies on housing as well as trends in household wealth, health and happiness. The Handbook on Inequality in China is a vital resource for students and academics in sociology and Chinese studies. Policymakers will greatly benefit from its breadth of research into the economic complexities of life in contemporary China"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to the handbook on inequality in China / Björn Gustafsson and Xiuna Yang

2. Income inequality in China / Chuliang Luo and Shi Li

3. Employment inequality in China / Jie Yang and Chuanchuan Zhang

4. Wage inequality / Chunbing Xing

5. Trends of household wealth inequality in China from 2012 to 2020 / Haiyuan Wan and Jin Zheng

6. Educational access, quality, and inequality in China: Recent policies, priorities, and progress / Marco M. Laghi, Wensong Shen, and Emily Hannum

7. Inequality and housing (policy) / Jiaxin He, Yaqing Li, and Sanbai Sun

8. Income inequality and happiness in China / John Knight

9. Inequality of health opportunity in China: What do we know? / Peng Nie

10. Inequality of opportunity in Chinese income / Xiuna Yang, Björn Gustafsson, and Terry Sicular

11. Urban-rural inequality in China / Liu Shouying and Li Haoze

12. Urban inequality in China / Xueliang Liu

13. Rural inequality / Hisatoshi Hoken, Hiroshi Sato, and Qun Su

14. Child inequality in China / Hui Xu

15. Income inequality and redistribution / Zhonghua Wang, Meng Cai, and Ximing Yue

16. Multi-track pensions and inequality among older adults in China / Peng Zhan, Hanrui Jia, and Leyi Tian

17. Inequality in social assistance provision and receipt / Xuan Huo and Qin Gao

18. Self-employment and inequality / Xinxin Ma

19. Top incomes and inequality in China / Qinghai Li and Yangcheng Yu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035317806 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.