Evidence of Scaling in Chinese Income Distribution
XU Yan1, GUO Liang-Peng1, DING Ning2, WANG You-Gui1
1Department of Systems Science, School of Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 2Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
Evidence of Scaling in Chinese Income Distribution
XU Yan1, GUO Liang-Peng1, DING Ning2, WANG You-Gui1
1Department of Systems Science, School of Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 2Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
With income data from Chinese household income projects in 1998-2002, we study the functional form of Chinese income distribution. The fitting results suggest a log-normal distribution plus a power-law tail. This distributional form has changed a lot from its appearance in the early stage of China's reform and turns out to be consistent with that of some complete market economies. The uncertainty and diversity of income growth rate aroused by marketing reform are the main causes of current Chinese income distribution.
With income data from Chinese household income projects in 1998-2002, we study the functional form of Chinese income distribution. The fitting results suggest a log-normal distribution plus a power-law tail. This distributional form has changed a lot from its appearance in the early stage of China's reform and turns out to be consistent with that of some complete market economies. The uncertainty and diversity of income growth rate aroused by marketing reform are the main causes of current Chinese income distribution.
(Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics)
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XU Yan;GUO Liang-Peng;DING Ning;WANG You-Gui. Evidence of Scaling in Chinese Income Distribution[J]. 中国物理快报, 2010, 27(7): 78901-078901.
XU Yan, GUO Liang-Peng, DING Ning, WANG You-Gui. Evidence of Scaling in Chinese Income Distribution. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2010, 27(7): 78901-078901.
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