中美居民财产性收入比较及启示

Comparison between China and US on Household Property Income

在居民财产性收入问题上,国内有一流行的说法:国民富裕程度越高,居民财产性收入占比也越高。通过对中国和美国统计居民财产性收入的概念、口径、方法及结果的探析,发现上述观点并不成立,考察发现,中美各有统计居民财产性收入的口径和方法,只有作同口径比较,才有意义。

There is a popular saying on the issue of household property income, of that richer a nation or a region, higher the ratio of household property income among its total income. A comparison study between China and US on the concepts, measures and result, shows that the above saying is not right. There are two statistical measures of household property income separately being used in China and US. Comparison between the two countries could be only conducted under the similar measure.