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The Determinants of Educational Attainment in China

In: The Distribution of Income in China

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  • John Knight
  • Li Shi

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The evidence presented in this volume indicates that the distribution of income in China is less unequal than in many developing countries. The Gini coefficient in 1988 was 0.34 in rural areas and 0.23 in urban areas.2 This low degree of income inequality is partly attributable to the restrictions on the personal ownership of land and capital. Human capital, by contrast, is intrinsically attached to the person. It is possible, therefore, that education is an important determinant of such income inequality as exists in China.

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  • John Knight & Li Shi, 1993. "The Determinants of Educational Attainment in China," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Keith Griffin & Zhao Renwei (ed.), The Distribution of Income in China, chapter 8, pages 285-330, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23026-6_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23026-6_9
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    1. Okushima, Shinichiro & Uchimura, Hiroko, 2005. "Economic Reforms and Income Inequality in Urban China," IDE Discussion Papers 25, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    2. Liu, Zhiqiang, 2005. "Institution and inequality: the hukou system in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 133-157, March.
    3. William A. Hamlen, 2000. "The Economics of Animal Farm," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 66(4), pages 942-956, April.
    4. Hongbin Li & Junsen Zhang & Yi Zhu, 2008. "The quantity-Quality trade-Off of children In a developing country: Identification using chinese twins," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 45(1), pages 223-243, February.
    5. Chen, Yuyu & Naidu, Suresh & Yu, Tinghua & Yuchtman, Noam, 2015. "Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 44-73.

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