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The Dynamics of Urban Income Distribution in China (1995–2007)

In: The New Chinese Economy

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  • Hao Zhou

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This chapter investigates the income distribution among different Chinese cities using GDP data from the period 1995–2007. We use a city-level dataset covering all of mainland China, and provide an outline of Chinese urban growth. Nonparametric kernel-density estimation is employed to describe the evolution of the entire cross-sectional distribution of real per capita GDP over time. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) the urban income distribution structure of China has changed substantially from a unimodal pattern to a bimodal pattern between 1995 and 2007; (2) the dynamics of income distribution of prefecture-level cities is somewhat different from that of county-level cities; and (3) the ratio of people living below the absolute poverty line ($1/day) has dramatically declined in cities of all levels.

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  • Hao Zhou, 2012. "The Dynamics of Urban Income Distribution in China (1995–2007)," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Elias C. Grivoyannis (ed.), The New Chinese Economy, chapter 8, pages 155-172, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-01204-3_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137012043_8
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