Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2100435
A study of household income inequality in China: perspective of educational homogeneity marriage
Jun Liu
Congjia Huo
Lingming Chen
Abstract
Based on the data from the 2006 to 2017 Chinese Social Survey
(C.S.S.), we measured the extent of inequality between the total
household income and the average household income in China.
We conclude that the Gini coefficient of total household income
fluctuates between 0.47 and 0.52. The Gini coefficient of household
per capita income fluctuates between 0.5 and 0.54, indicating
a significant degree of household income inequality in China.
We use the kernel density method to obtain the distribution of
household income and find that the overall income level of society
has increased. Still, the degree of household income inequality
has been growing. From the perspective of educational
homogeneity marriage, we use the income distribution table to
analyse the internal structure of the total household income and
draw the following conclusions. High-income households account
for most of the whole social gain, and an increase in household
income disparities has accompanied the increase in the household
size. In addition, the distribution of total household income
in China differs significantly in the household head’s educational
attainment. A relatively small number of households with a high
degree of educational attainment account for a relatively large
share of income, and households with a combination of high–
high and high–low educational attainment have gradually
increased. The proportion of social income has continued to rise.
Keywords
household; educational homogeneity marriage; household income gap; income distribution table
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Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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