The Impact of Income Mobility on Long-term Income Inequality in Urban China

Income mobility is an important angle to analyze income inequality.This article examined the impacts of income mobility affect the long-term inequality of Chinese urban residents,found that:(1) The long term income inequality of urban residents was lower than the signal years,and it was mainly due to the income mobility;(2) The degree of the income mobility which helped to equalize the long-term inequality is depended on its own tendency,so the role as the income equalizer decreased after 2000 as the income mobility is down;(3) The mobility which leads to solidified income status is harmful to equalize the long-term inequality,which also explains the reason that the role of income mobility as the income equalizer decreased after 2000.