1、3950 英文单词， 2.5 万英文字符，中文 6750 字 文献出处： Sicular T, Yue X, Gustafsson B, et al. THE URBANRURAL INCOME GAP AND INEQUALITY IN CHINAJ. Review of Income & Wealth, 2006, 53(1):93-126. THE URBANRURAL INCOME GAP AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA Terry Sicular,Ximing Yue,Bjrn Gustafsson,and Shi Li Abstract Using new hous
2、ehold survey data for 1995 and 2002, we investigate the size of Chinas urban-rural income gap, the gaps contribution to overall inequality in China, and the factors underlying the gap. Our analysis improves on past estimates by using a fuller measure of income, adjusting for spatial price difference
3、s and including migrants. Our methods include inequality decomposition by population subgroup and the Oaxaca- Blinder decomposition. Several key findings emerge. First, the adjustments substantially reduce Chinas urban-rural income gap and its contribution to inequality. Nevertheless, the gap remain
4、s large and has increased somewhat over time. Second, after controlling for household characteristics, location of residence remains the most important factor underlying the urban-rural income gap. The only household characteristic that contributes substantially to the gap is education. Differences
5、in the endowments of, and returns to, other household characteristics such as family size and composition, landholdings, and communist party membership are relatively unimportant. Keywords: China, urban-rural inequality, income 1. Introduction Studies of Chinas inequality almost universally report t
6、hat the gap between urban and rural household incomes in China is large, has increased over time, and contributes substantially to overall inequality. According to most estimates mean per capita income in urban China is more than triple that in rural areas, giving China one of the highest urban-rural income ratios in the world. The size of this gap has been discussed in the Chinese official media, is noted in government and communist party reports, and is the motivation for recent m
