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Measurement and Analysis of Residents' Income Inequality in China

Wei Wang

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Taking the personal income of Chinese residents as the object of study,this paper estimated three types of income inequality index,and decomposed them with income source method.The study showed that: Chinese residents' income inequality is relatively high in 2009,and the urban Gini coefficient was lower than rural areas;from the inequality index decomposition results,wage income expanded the inequality;pension income decreased the inequality.

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Taking the personal income of Chinese residents as the object of study,this paper estimated three types of income inequality index,and decomposed them with income source method.The study showed that: Chinese residents' income inequality is relatively high in 2009,and the urban Gini coefficient was lower than rural areas;from the inequality index decomposition results,wage income expanded the inequality;pension income decreased the inequality.

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Taking the personal income of Chinese residents as the object of study,this paper estimated three types of income inequality index,and decomposed them with income source method.The study showed that: Chinese residents' income inequality is relatively high in 2009,and the urban Gini coefficient was lower than rural areas;from the inequality index decomposition results,wage income expanded the inequality;pension income decreased the inequality.

Key concepts: Income inequality metrics, Economic inequality, Inequality, Index (typography), Gini coefficient, Economics, Total personal income, Income distribution

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