Wu Kaihang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-117). / ABSTRACT / ACKNOWLEDGMENT / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background and Aims of Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Data Set --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Sichuan:An Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overall Income Distribution in Rural China --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1a --- Income concepts --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1b --- Inequality and Polarization --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Sources of Inequality --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Equivalence Scales of Sichuan --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- Estimation of the Engel Model --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Equivalence Scales of Sichuan --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Comparison with other studies --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Income Distribution in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Trend of inequality in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1a --- Inequality indices --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1b --- Trend of inequality in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2 --- Trends of polarization in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2a --- Polarization index --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2b --- Trends of polarization in Sichuan from 1985 to1990 --- p.67 / Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison of inequality with other studies --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4a --- Comparison of absolute inequality level --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4b --- Comparison of trend of inequality with other studies --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Contribution of Rural Industry to Inequality --- p.79 / Chapter 5.1 --- Factor Decomposition Rules of Inequality Indices --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2 --- Factor Contribution to Inequality --- p.81 / Chapter 5.2a --- Present Estimates of the Factor Contributions to Inequality --- p.81 / Chapter 5.2b --- Comparison of Factor Contribution to Inequality with Other Studies --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3 --- Breakdown of Factor Contributions to Inequality --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4 --- Contribution of Rural Industry to Inequality and Its Level of Development --- p.87 / Chapter 5.5 --- Household Non-agriculture Activities versus Wage Jobs --- p.88 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.108 / REFERENCES --- p.112 / APPENDIXES --- p.118 / Appendix 1 The Data Set --- p.119 / Chapter A1.1 --- The Data Set --- p.119 / Chapter A1.2 --- Data Validation --- p.122 / Chapter A1.3 --- Adjustment of the Data Set --- p.123 / Appendix 2a Notations of the Equations in the Text --- p.130 / Appendix 2b Notations in the Text --- p.132 / Appendix 3 Gini Index and the Class of General Entropy Indices --- p.133