Income distribution in urban China: An overlooked data inconsistency issue

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 383-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailong Jin ◽  
Hang Qian ◽  
Tong Wang ◽  
E. Kwan Choi
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Data Inconsistency

Income Distribution in Urban China During the Period of Economic Reform and Globalization

1999 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azizur Rahman Khan ◽  
Keith Griffin ◽  
Carl Riskin
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Urban China

Chapter 5. Income Distribution in Urban China During the Period of Economic Reform and Globalization

2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Azizur Rahman Khan ◽  
Keith Griffin ◽  
Carl Riskin
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Urban China

The impacts of openness on air quality in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Li ◽  
Yong Tu
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Air Quality ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Open Door ◽  
Open Door Policy ◽  
Data Measurement ◽  
Data Inconsistency ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Alternative Measures

AbstractThis paper investigates how openness resulting from the adoption of the open-door policy influences air quality in urban China. City-level information is used to minimise the impacts of data inconsistency and data measurement problems. The intensity of international trade is used as a proxy for openness to examine how freer trade influences urban air quality. Several alternative measures of openness are adopted to investigate how different forms of openness can influence urban air quality. Our findings show that technique effects are the key to reversing the degradation of urban air quality and that openness is not necessarily a problem for urban air quality in China.

Impact of changing income distribution on fluid milk consumption in urban China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-645
Author(s):  
Wenbo Zhu ◽  
Yongfu Chen ◽  
Zhihao Zheng ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Guojing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Hurdle Model ◽  
Milk Consumption ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Double Hurdle Model ◽  
Fluid Milk

PurposeChina has experienced a fast economic growth and shown a significant rise in income inequality in the past decades. During the same period, fluid milk consumption in urban areas has rapidly expanded. The objective of this paper is to analyze and simulate the influence of income distribution changes on fluid milk consumption of households in urban China.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies an inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) double-hurdle model to modeling at-home fluid milk consumption of households across different income strata based on a sample of 11,861 urban households in five provinces in China, and simulating the impact of changing income distribution, including five income growth patterns, on fluid milk consumption of total households as well as specific household groups.FindingsThe fluid milk consumption in urban China will continue to increase, with the unconditional income elasticity being 0.334 for the full sample and 0.347, 0.335 and 0.162 for the low-, middle-, and high-income groups, respectively. The simulation results show an evidence that, compared with distribution-neutral and disparity-enlarging income growth patterns, a rising income equality would lead to a more significant increase in fluid milk consumption. And the inequality-reducing income growth pattern has a larger impact on fluid milk consumption of households with seniors and no children, as well as households having no local urban household registration (hukou).Practical implicationsThe government should strengthen the supply measures of fluid milk in urban areas, enlarge domestic dairy production, and diversify the sources of milk imports. It is also necessary to subsidize low-income families, especially households with seniors or households migrated from other areas without getting local urban hukou, which could simultaneously improve nutritional benefits and alleviate financial pressures.Originality/valueA simulation considering the evolution of income distribution as well as different household groups is conducted. Widely distributed data with a large sample size and detailed demographic information are used. The problems of zero consumption and non-normal distribution are addressed by the IHS double-hurdle model.

The State’s Role in Ensuring Fair Income Distribution in Vietnam Today: Some Issues from the Theory of Justice as Fairness by John Rawls

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-195
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Justice As Fairness ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Economic Philosophy ◽  
The Relationship

Fairness in income distribution is a factor that both motivates employees and contributes to maintaining social stability. In Vietnam, fair income distribution has been studied from various perspectives. In this article, through the analysis and synthesis of related documents and evidence, and from the perspective of economic philosophy, the author applies John Rawls’s Theory of Justice as Fairness to analyze some issues arising from the implementation of the state’s role in ensuring fair income distribution from 1986 to present. These are unifying the perception of fairness in income distribution; solving the relationship between economic efficiency and social equality; ensuring benefits for the least-privileged people in society; and controlling income. On that basis, the author makes some recommendations to enhance the state’s role in ensuring fair income distribution in Vietnam. Received 11thNovember 2019; Revised 10thApril 2020; Accepted 20th April 2020

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