主  題: Earnings, Income, and Wealth Distributions in China: Facts from the 2011 China Household Finance Survey

內容簡介: We use 2011 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data to describe inequality of earnings, income, and wealth in China. We find high inequality of labor earnings, income, and wealth in China. We also find that the business income comprises a large share of incomes among top groups. Households with young heads tend to be rich in earnings and incomes, and their incomes are largely generated from businesses. We find that the top 1 percent income share in China in 2010 is comparable to that in the United States in 1928. In 1928 the social security system was still absent in the United States. This comparison gives us hints that the high inequality level in current China is probably due to the ineffectiveness of redistribution policies in China.

報告人: 朱勝豪      教授

時  間: 2017-11-09    14:30

地  點: 位育樓117

舉辦單位: 經濟與金融研究院  科研部