文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：How large is income inequality in China: assessment on different estimates of Gini coefficient

作者：Yue, Ximing[1];Li, Shi[2];Gao, Xia[2,3]

第一作者：Yue, Ximing

通讯作者：Li, S[1]

机构：[1]Renmin Univ China, Sch Finance, Beijing, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Econ & Business Adm, Beijing, Peoples R China;[3]Henan Univ Econ & Laws, Sch Econ, Zhengzhou, Henan, Peoples R China

第一机构：Renmin Univ China, Sch Finance, Beijing, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Econ & Business Adm, Beijing, Peoples R China.

年份：2013

卷号：6

期号：2-3

起止页码：113-122

外文期刊名：CHINA ECONOMIC JOURNAL

收录：Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84890599380);WOS:【ESCI(收录号:WOS:000409401900005)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：income inequality; Gini coefficient; household survey; China

摘要：The rising income inequality in China has attracted social attentions, especially since SWUFE published the unbelievably high Gini coefficient in December 2012. In order to answer the question how large income inequality in current China is, this paper compares existing different Gini coefficients estimated from four different household surveys, which are the NBS household survey, the CHIP survey, the CHFS of SWUFE, and the CFPS of Peking University, and then assesses these household surveys themselves. The relevant evidences indicate that the national Gini coefficient in current China is between 0.47 +/- 0.52. The sampling defects of the CHFS are significantly major and that the national Gini coefficient of 0.61 published by SWUFE is seriously overestimated.