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Urbanization and Income Inequality in China in the period 2001-2012

Wei, Peilin LU (2016) EKHM51 20161
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This thesis studies the relationship between urbanization and income
inequality in China in the period 2001 to 2012. To analyze this question, firstly, it
studies the urbanization development by looking of the urbanization ratio, growth rate
of urban population and the share of agriculture in GDP. Secondly, it conducts the Gini
coefficient of urban and rural sector respectively based on the data published by the
National Bureau Statistics of China. Our results find that the income inequality in
urban sector follows the Kuznets inverted U curve and the eastern coastal region has a
higher income inequality.
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author
Wei, Peilin LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHM51 20161
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Urbanization income inequality Kuznets inverted U shape
language
English
id
8891542
date added to LUP
2016-09-19 13:25:07
date last changed
2016-09-19 13:25:07
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  abstract     = {{This thesis studies the relationship between urbanization and income
inequality in China in the period 2001 to 2012. To analyze this question, firstly, it
studies the urbanization development by looking of the urbanization ratio, growth rate
of urban population and the share of agriculture in GDP. Secondly, it conducts the Gini
coefficient of urban and rural sector respectively based on the data published by the
National Bureau Statistics of China. Our results find that the income inequality in
urban sector follows the Kuznets inverted U curve and the eastern coastal region has a
higher income inequality.}},
  author       = {{Wei, Peilin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Urbanization and Income Inequality in China in the period 2001-2012}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}