@article{Wu:20061, recid = {20061}, author = {Wu, Ximing and Perloff, Jeffrey M.}, title = {CHINA'S INCOME DISTRIBUTION OVER TIME: REASONS FOR RISING INEQUALITY}, address = {2004}, number = {377-2016-20765}, series = {Selected Paper}, pages = {25}, year = {2004}, abstract = {We estimate China's rural, urban and overall income distributions using grouped data from 1985-2001. We show how the distributions evolve as well as examine trends in welfare indices. We find the growing rural-urban income gap and increases in inequality within either sector have been equally responsible for overall inequality growth.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20061}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.20061}, }