Growth and Sharing: Theories and Empirical Evidence of Household Income Distribution

Author: Zhang Ping
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: There is no economic issue more interesting than income distribution, but there is also no economic issue as lacking in scientific research as income distribution. Research in this area is one of the most cutting-edge topics in social economy and even the entire humanities. It is also a long-standing debated issue in the social sciences. In developing countries, this phenomenon is particularly evident, influenced by the dual transformation, the income distribution behavior of Chinese residents differs from that of general developing countries and also differs from the characteristics of the transition period of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Instead, it combines both, forming a unique income distribution during China's transformation period.