Analysis of China’s Income Inequality from the Perspective of Opportunity Inequality

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10.2991/assehr.k.211209.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Income inequality; inequality of opportunity; intergenerational mobility; countermeasures

Abstract

While the economy is developing rapidly, the income inequality that exists in China has reached a level worthy of vigilance. In recent years, some studies have found that inequality of opportunity plays an important role in the formation of income inequality. Therefore, this article first conducts a systematic review of the literature that studies the relationship between income disparity and inequality of opportunity. Secondly, combined with history and official statistics, it explored the causes and evolution of China’s income gap and inequality of opportunity. The study found that the current inequality of opportunity in China that will exacerbate income disparity can be summarized as unequal regional development, unequal access to education, and large household income gaps. Based on the in-depth analysis of the above three problems, this article proposes corresponding solutions in combination with the current social reality.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhengyan Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/15
TI  - Analysis of China’s Income Inequality from the Perspective of Opportunity Inequality
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 156
EP  - 160
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211209.025
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211209.025
ID  - Li2021
ER  -