ISBN:
9781107002913
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (532 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Rising Inequality in China
DDC:
305.800951
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examines the evolution of economic inequality in China from 2002 to 2007; a sequel to Inequality and Public Policy in China (2008)
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Glossary; One Rising Inequality in China; I. Introduction; II. The Policy Context; A. Social Welfare and Social Security Programs; B. Employment Policy: Labor-Market Policies and Minimum Wage Regulations; C. Taxation Reforms; D. Pro-Rural Policies; E. Poverty Alleviation; F. Migration and Hukou Reform; III. Measurement of Income; IV. Data and Surveys; A. The Urban and Rural Household Samples; B. The Migrant Samples; C. Questionnaire Design, Variables, and Sources of Data; D. Weighting
Description / Table of Contents:
E. Comparison with NBS Income StatisticsIV. Major Findings; V. Conclusion; Two Overview; I. Introduction; II. Main Findings of Previous Studies; III. Data and Sample Weights; IV. National Household Income Inequality: Main Findings; V Household Income Growth and Inequality of Rural-Urban Migrants; VI. The Structure of Inequality: The Urban-Rural Income Gap; VII. The Structure of Inequality: Regional Income Differences; VIII. Poverty; IX. Conclusion; Three Housing Ownership, Incomes, and Inequality in China, 2002-2007; I. Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
II. Institutional and Policy Background of Chinese Housing ReformA. Urban Housing Policy; B. Rural Housing Reform; III. Estimation of Housing Wealth and Imputed Rental Income: Methodology and Data Issues; IV. Housing Tenure and Levels of Housing Wealth; V. Inequality of Housing Wealth; VI. Income Inequality and Housing; VII. Determinants of Housing Tenure and Housing Wealth; A. Housing Tenure Choice of Urban Households; B. Determinants of Housing Wealth in the Urban Areas; C. Determinants of Housing Wealth in the Rural Areas; VIII. Concluding Comments
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: Additional Discussion of Housing Data in the CHIP 2002 and 2007 SurveysA. Mortgage Data and Treatment of Negative Equity; B. Inconsistent 2002 NBS and CHIP Data on Urban Rental Values of Housing; C. Costs of Ownership and Alternative Estimates of Imputed Rents; Four Educational Inequality in China; I. Introduction; II. Literature; III. Education Policies and Trends in China; IV. Theory and Methodology; V. The Data; A. Aggregate Educational Mobility; 1. Intergenerational Educational Mobility: Overall, and by Urban-Rural and Birth Year
Description / Table of Contents:
2. Intergenerational Educational Mobility: Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and DaughtersB. Educational Mobility: A Microeconomic Analysis; 1. All Cohorts Combined; 2. By Birth Cohort; 3. Educational Mobility of Uneducated Households; C. Educational Inequality; 1. The Extent of Educational Inequality; 2. The Contribution of Parental Education to Educational Inequality: Methodology; 3. The Contribution of Parental Education to Educational Inequality: Findings; VI. Conclusion; Appendix: Data Issues; five Inequality and Poverty in Rural China; I. Introduction; II. Data and Methods
Description / Table of Contents:
III. Trends in Rural Incomes
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