From Equality of Deprivation to Disparity of Prosperity: The Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle in Post-reform China
From Equality of Deprivation to Disparity of Prosperity: The Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle in Post-reform China作者机构:Professor School of Economics Chongqing Technology and Business University China Assistant Professor School of Urban and Regional Science Shanghai University of Finance and Economics China Assistant Professor School of Shanghai Development Shanghai University of Finance and Economics China (corresponding author) Specially-Appointed Professor School of Economics Chongqing Technology and Business University China
出 版 物:《China & World Economy》 (中国与世界经济(英文版))
年 卷 期:2018年第26卷第2期
页 面:50-67页
核心收录:
学科分类:0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 07[理学] 020202[经济学-区域经济学] 070104[理学-应用数学] 0701[理学-数学]
主 题:China income distribution poverty-growth-inequality triangle
摘 要:In the post-reform era, China achieved poverty reduction that was unprecedented in human history This poverty reduction was accompanied by fast growth and worsening income distribution. The present paper examines the poverty-growth-inequality triangle in China by." (i) providing growth, inequality and poverty profiles at the national and provincial levels; (ii) uncovering the contributions of growth and inequality changes to poverty reduction; and, finally, (iii) drawing lessons for other developing countries. Based on the World Bank's definition of the poverty line, China has already eliminated abject poverty, even though the poverty rate was as high as 88.3 percent in 1981. The remarkable record in poverty reduction is predominantly attributable to growth. The effect of inequality varied in different periods. In addition, the impact of growth on poverty reduction is found to be diminishing over time, a phenomenon worth further research and policy attention.