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Income distribution and the contribution of rural industry in rural Sichuan.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320589
Date January 1995
ContributorsWu, Kaihang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Economics.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 133 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Sichuan Sheng, China, Sichuan Sheng
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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