Mobility in China

Chen, Yi and Cowell, Frank A. (2015) Mobility in China. Review of Income and Wealth . ISSN 0034-6586

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Abstract

The evidence on rank and income mobility in China reveals an important change around the year 2000. Using panel data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey we show that rank mobility fell markedly from the decade immediately preceding the millennium to the decade immediately following: in this respect China is becoming noticeably more rigid. By contrast income mobility has carried on increasing; so has income inequality. The simultaneous increase in rigidity and inequality presents China with a challenging policy problem.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/roiw.12...
Additional Information:	© 2015 International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Sets:	Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Project and Funder Information:	Project ID Funder Name Funder ID R01-HD30880, DK056350, R01-HD38700 National Institute of Health UNSPECIFIED 11YJC790023 Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China UNSPECIFIED
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2016 11:31
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/65995/

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