Modern Analysis of Income Distribution—Economic Growth: China's Experience and Theories during the Transition Period

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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a theoretical monograph that examines current China's distribution issues from the perspective of the relationship between distribution and growth. Based on realistic economic conditions and environmental changes, and employing scientific thinking and research methods, it conducts an in-depth and systematic analysis and discussion of the relationship between income distribution and economic growth, providing effective theoretical explanations and policy insights to resolve the practical conflicts and contradictions between income distribution and growth. The book is divided into an introduction and ten chapters. The introduction primarily analyzes the theoretical conflicts and practical contradictions between income distribution and economic growth, re-examines the inherent flaws of the traditional "distribution-growth" analytical framework, highlights the academic value and practical background of constructing a modern "distribution-growth" analytical framework, and outlines the research themes, key points, research methods, and related concepts of the book.
Chapter 1 focuses on analyzing existing research literature and related cutting-edge issues, revealing the theoretical frontiers and core connotations of the modern analytical framework for the relationship between income distribution and economic growth. Chapter 2 conducts a theoretical analysis of the relationship between income distribution and economic growth from the perspective of the history of economic thought, clarifying the thinking and viewpoints of various schools of thought on this issue along theoretical lines. Chapter 3 examines the relationship between income distribution and economic growth at different stages of economic development, focusing on analyzing the relationship between income distribution and economic growth in underdeveloped and industrialized economic stages. Chapter 4 analyzes the relationship between income distribution and economic growth under different institutional backgrounds from the perspective of economic systems, with a focus on discussing the relationship between labor-based distribution under planned systems and growth, as well as factor-based distribution under market systems and growth. Chapter 5 analyzes the relationship between income distribution and growth from the perspective of dual transformation, emphasizing the profound impact of dual transformation on distribution and growth. Chapter 6 discusses the interactive relationship between income distribution and growth, exploring the general mechanisms, influencing factors, and pathways of economic growth's impact on income distribution, with a focus on the income distribution effects of China's unbalanced economic growth during the dual transformation period. Chapter 7 examines the other side of the interactive relationship between distribution and growth—i.e., the effect of income distribution on economic growth—focusing on analyzing the significant role of China's income distribution changes under dual transformation in driving economic growth, clarifying the importance and significance of income distribution in modern economic growth. Chapter 8 primarily analyzes the relationship between income distribution and growth during the transformation period from the perspectives of public policy, economic opportunities, and income mobility, further understanding the income distribution gaps in China during the transformation period and their impact on economic growth and social development through international comparative methods and dynamic analysis methods. Chapter 9 analyzes the relationship between income distribution and growth under the deepening transformation, focusing on discussing the impact of globalization and the new economy on the relationship between income distribution and growth and its evolving trends, and conducts a preliminary analysis of the interactive relationship between human capital-based distribution and innovative economic growth under the new economy. Chapter 10, based on the discussions in the previous chapters, comprehensively analyzes the integrated interactive relationship between income distribution and economic growth, as well as its core connotations, conditions, and the necessary concepts, policies, and institutional environments.