Income Inequality and Poverty Governance in China

This book presents a collection of articles on income distribution and poverty reduction in China, written by leading experts in China. The chapters address a broad range of topics, including the income gap, informal employment, education, urbanization migrant workers, the middle-income group, household wealth and inequality in urban areas, income distribution with regard to the formal economy, mixed economy and labor, and the social security system. In closing, the book provides concrete policy recommendations.

List of contents

Chapter One  Forty Years of China's Poverty Alleviation: Ideals, Practices, and Implications to the World.- Chapter Two  Social Stratum in Urban Areas and Income Inequality.- Chapter Three  The Informal Work in Urban Labor Market of China and Its Role in Poverty Alleviation.- Chapter Four  Education, Cities and Its Development.- Chapter Five  The Economic Conditions of Migrant Workers and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Six   Development of Middle-income Group and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Seven  Determinants of Household Wealth in Urban Areas.- Chapter Eight  Income Polarization and Its Decomposition in Rural and Urban China: 1988-2007.- Chapter Nine  Retrospect and Prospect on the Studies on Household Wealth Inequality in China.- Chapter Ten The Formal Economy, Mixed Economy and Labor Income Share in China.- Chapter Eleven The Income Redistribution Effect of China's Social Security System.

Product details

• Assisted by: Fang Cai (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.04.2026
• EAN: 9789819550623
• ISBN: 978-981-9550-62-3
• No. of pages: 261
• Illustrations: II, 261 p. 50 illus., 33 illus. in color.
• Series: International Research on Poverty Reduction
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Entwicklungspsychologie, Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung, Social Policy, Labor Market, Developmental Psychology, Income Inequality, Migrant workers, poverty alleviation, Social Stratum, Middle-income Group, Household Wealth, Income Redistribution, Income Polarization, Informal Work