China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.

China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.

This paper attempts to explain the trend in regional income inequality in China using 30 provinces for the period from 1978 to 2006 by constructing Theil indices. In general, a U-shaped trend is identified and we decomposed the inequality to explain the trend. It is found that within region inequali...

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Main Authors: Cher, Huey Wen., Huang, Qixiang., Lim, Che Khoon.
Other Authors: Chen, Kang
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2008
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14246
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-142462019-12-10T11:09:05Z China's regional income inequality and its main determinants. Cher, Huey Wen. Huang, Qixiang. Lim, Che Khoon. Chen, Kang School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China This paper attempts to explain the trend in regional income inequality in China using 30 provinces for the period from 1978 to 2006 by constructing Theil indices. In general, a U-shaped trend is identified and we decomposed the inequality to explain the trend. It is found that within region inequality has been decreasing while between regions inequality has been increasing. The paper has also identified inequalities in government expenditure, human capital accumulation and share of SOE gross industrial output as the primary determinants in income inequality in China. Bachelor of Arts 2008-11-07T01:39:55Z 2008-11-07T01:39:55Z 2008 2008 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14246 en 54 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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language English
topic DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
spellingShingle DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
Cher, Huey Wen.
Huang, Qixiang.
Lim, Che Khoon.
China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
description This paper attempts to explain the trend in regional income inequality in China using 30 provinces for the period from 1978 to 2006 by constructing Theil indices. In general, a U-shaped trend is identified and we decomposed the inequality to explain the trend. It is found that within region inequality has been decreasing while between regions inequality has been increasing. The paper has also identified inequalities in government expenditure, human capital accumulation and share of SOE gross industrial output as the primary determinants in income inequality in China.
author2 Chen, Kang
author_facet Chen, Kang
Cher, Huey Wen.
Huang, Qixiang.
Lim, Che Khoon.
format Final Year Project
author Cher, Huey Wen.
Huang, Qixiang.
Lim, Che Khoon.
author_sort Cher, Huey Wen.
title China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
title_short China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
title_full China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
title_fullStr China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
title_full_unstemmed China's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
title_sort china's regional income inequality and its main determinants.
publishDate 2008
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14246
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