Informal employment and its effect on the income distribution in urban China

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjun Xue ◽  
Wenshu Gao ◽  
Lin Guo
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Informal Employment

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

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.

Informal Employment in Urban China

10.1596/27218 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Park ◽  
Yaowu Wu ◽  
Yang Du
Keyword(s):  
Urban China ◽  
Informal Employment
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