Analysis of the Change and Influential Factors of Income Gap between Urban and Rural Residents in China from 1978 to 2007

Since the reform and opening up,with China's rapid economic growth,the issue of disparity in income between rural and urban residents in China is a hot topic.Although constantly fluctuation,the trend of income gap between urban and rural residents is rising from 1978 to 2007.By the contribution of urban-rural income gap for the overall income inequality in China,it shows the urban-rural income gap is the most important of income gap in China. There are important reasons,such as the typical urban-rural dual economic structure,the growth of agriculture earnings restricted by many kinds of factors,the government's policy and human capital gap,etc.